Spanish Music Poem Types

The seguidilla is a Spanish verse form that branched off from a category of folk songs that go by the same name. This poem form consists entirely of seven-line verses that typically utilize assonance instead of true rhyme, leading to a subtle but noticeable rhythm that hints at the form’s musical origins.

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The flamenca is a stanzaic verse form inspired chiefly by flamenco dancing. It’s ultimately a shorter version of the seguidilla and is sometimes called the seguidilla gitana. Flamenca poems consist of cinquains with a 6/6/5/6/6 syllable structure and assonance on the second and fifth lines.

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