=Iriarte=: see note, page 135.
=137.=--_El pato y la serpiente_ has 7 syllables to the line:
_Á^o_ | _ri_ | _llas_ | _de^un_ | _es_ | =tan= | _que_
_Di_ | _cien_ | _do^es_ | _ta_ | _ba^un_ | =Pa= | _to:_
_¿Á_ | _qué^a_ | _ni_ | _mal_ | _dió^el_ | =cie= | _lo_
_Los_ | _do_ | _nes_ | _que_ | _me^ha_ | =da= | _do?_
Each line has one rhythmic stress. The rhyme is assonance, the
rhyme-vowels being _á-o_ in every second line.
[137.13] =No hay que=, 'you needn't.'
[137.14] =ni anda==_usted ni anda_.
[137.17] =tenga sabido=, 'know' (imperative).