Note 165 — Chapter III · CAPTAIN LEOPOLD INTRODUCES HIS FRIEND. (continued 3)

Redondillas are stanzas of four short lines. This paragraph on versification reads curiously to ears accustomed to the pentameter blank verse of the English drama, stately at times and sprightly when need be, and, indeed, capable of infinite variety. The Spanish plays of to-day are written in very short metre, and French tragedies still rhyme.