Seguidilla (poetry)

The seguidilla is a verse form of Spanish in origin. It has seven syllable-counted lines (7,5,7,5,5,7,5), and rhymes the second and fourth, and the fifth and seventh lines (x,A,x,A,B,x,B).

Example

 * So quiet now, the ripples
 * lapping on the shore
 * scarcely disturb the silence
 * - a whisper, no more.
 * But who knows the power
 * the growing breakers may have
 * in another hour?
 * - Paul Hansford