Spanish poetry

thumb|Alexander the Great in a diving bell: a scene from the line's namesake, the ''Roman d'Alexandre''. Alexandrine is a name used for several distinct types of verse line with related metrical structures, most of which are ultimately derived from the classical French alexandrine. The line's name derives from its use in the Medieval French ''Roman d'Alexandre of 1170, although it had already been used several decades earlier in Le Pèlerinage de Charlemagne''. The foundation of most alexandrines consists of two hemistichs (half-lines) of six syllables each, separated by a caesura (a metrical p

group of Spanish poets

poetry collection

book by Juan Ruiz

1880 poem collection by Rosalía de Castro

poetic form of four verses

Renaissance Portuguese songbook

Spanish literary movement

metric combination of Spanish origin; metrical form used in Spanish poetry

"Verso de arte mayor" info

Book by Johannes van het Kruis

set of poems written by Gonzalo de Berceo

strophe

book

Spanish magazine about poetry