=Félix María de Samaniego=, b. 1745, d. 1801,--known chiefly for his
fables, most of which are imitations or renderings of those of Phaedrus
or La Fontaine.
=138.=--_El jabalí y la zorra_ has 11 or 7 syllables to the line:
_Sus_ | _ho_ | _rri_ | _bles_ | _col_ | =mi= | _llos_ | _a_ | _gu_ | =za= | _ba_
_Un_ | _Ja_ | _ba_ | _lí^en_ | _el_ | =tron= | _co_ | _de^u_ | _na^en_ | =ci= | _na,_
_La_ | _Zo_ | _rra,_ | _que_ | _ve_ | =ci= | _na_
_Del_ | _a_ | _ni_ | _mal_ | _cer_ | =do= | _so_ | _se_ | _mi_ | =ra= | _ba_.
Each line of 11 syllables has 2 rhythmic stresses, and each line of 7
syllables has 1.
The rhyme-scheme is =a=, =b=, =b=, =a=; =c=, =d=, =d=, =c=; =e=, =f=,
=f=, =e=.
[138.4. =se miraba=, 'happened to be' (lit., 'saw herself').
[138.5. =Extraño el verte=, 'I am surprised to see' (do not translate
=te=). Note that the infinitive is modified by the definite article.
[138.9. =Tenga entendido=, 'please understand' (lit., 'have [it]
understood').
[138.12. =vale por dos=, 'is worth two.'