Note (return) — INTRODUCTION
Reading edition
The initial unstressed syllable of the first hemistich is lacking in approximately one-third of the lines of the Laberinto. These lines resemble the 11-syllable gaita gallega verse, and the others resemble the popular Galician 12-syllable ternary line, for in both the final unstressed syllable of the first hemistich may fall,40 which seems to indicate that the appearance of the arte mayor verse in Castilian was due to Galician influence.