aaBBB: The Strophic Form of Fernan Rodriguez de Calheiros 7
The refrain of a cantiga d’amigo by Fernan Rodriguez Calheiros (B 632/V 233), heretofore misunderstood as consisting of five verses, should be taken as a 3-verse refrain with two internal rhymes in the middle verse, conforming to the strophic form aaBBB. This analysis is confirmed by two virtuoso fe...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of A Coruña
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Revista Galega de Filoloxía |
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| Online Access: | http://revistas.udc.es/index.php/rgf/article/view/1870/1232 |
| Summary: | The refrain of a cantiga d’amigo by Fernan Rodriguez Calheiros (B 632/V 233), heretofore misunderstood as consisting of five verses, should be taken as a 3-verse refrain with two internal rhymes in the middle verse, conforming to the strophic form aaBBB. This analysis is confirmed by two virtuoso features: the middle verse of the BBB refrain scans longer than the outer ones but corresponds to the verses of the distich; and the text constitutes an example of a BBB refrain where the third verse repeats the first. |
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| ISSN: | 1576-2661 2444-9121 |