Spanish 16th Century Poem Types

An endecha is a type of Spanish dirge or song of lament originating from the 16th century. The form relies on rhymed quatrains, usually with an uneven structure centered on lines with seven and eleven syllables, though a variant does exist that uses isosyllabic six-syllable lines instead.

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A quintilla is a five-line verse form with octosyllabic lines in which there are only two end sounds. The poet is not allowed to have three consecutive rhymes nor to end the poem in a couplet, leaving only five viable options for the poem’s rhyme scheme. The most common of these is ABAAB.

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