Note 24 — INTRODUCTION

Footnote 24: (return) In the old romances and in the medieval epic, á could assonate with á-a. In singing these old verses every line was probably made to end in an unstressed vowel by adding paragogic e to a final stressed syllable. Thus, son was sung as sone, dar as dare, temí as temíe, etc. Cf. Men. Pel., Ant. V, 65; XI, 86, 92; and Men. Pid., Cantar de mío Cid, I, 65 f.