The Alcayde of Molina
iAy ojuelos verdes!Ay los mis ojuelos!Ay, hagan los cielosQue de mi te acuerdes!
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The Alcayde of Molina is in the public domain. This text is taken from Poems by William Cullen Bryant, Project Gutenberg ebook #16341; the transcription's header, footer and licence were removed and nothing else was changed. You may copy, print and reuse it freely.
Cite as: William Cullen Bryant, The Alcayde of Molina, in Poems (1821–1876), text of Project Gutenberg ebook #16341, Laurel, https://laurelpoetry.com/poem/bryant-poems/the-alcayde-of-molina.html, id L07373.
Form and metre
The Alcayde of Molina is 4 lines in a single stanza. It is in rhyming couplets, 50% of the lines. The lines average 6.0 syllables. 1 line ends on an unstressed syllable, a feminine ending.
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Rhyme words, stanza by stanza
The word that ends each line, lettered by the rhyme it makes; a dash is a line whose rhyme the dictionary could not confirm.
- 1 -AA- verdes · ojuelosA · cielosA · acuerdes
Scansion, line by line
Each line with its syllable count and the stresses the words themselves fix: / stressed, ˘ unstressed, · a syllable the word leaves free and the metre decides. How this is done.
| Line | Syl. | Stress |
|---|---|---|
| iAy ojuelos verdes! | 6 | ····/˘ |
| Ay los mis ojuelos! | 6 | ······ |
| Ay, hagan los cielos | 6 | ·/˘··· |
| Que de mi te acuerdes! | 6 | ······ |
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