=Juan Eugenio Hartzenbusch=, b. 1806 in Madrid, of a German father and a
Spanish mother, d. 1880,--a literary critic, and a romantic poet and
dramatist. Works: _Amantes de Teruel_, _La ley de raza_, _Vida por
honra_, _Un sí y un no_, _Cuentos y fábulas_, et al.
=140.=--_El peral_ has 7 or 5 syllables, and 1 rhythmic stress to the
line:
_Á^un_ | _Pe_ | _ral_ | _u_ | _na_ | =pie= | _dra_
_Ti_ | _ró^un_ | _mu_ | =cha= | _cho,_
_Y^u_ | _na_ | _pe_ | _ra^ex_ | _qui_ | =si= | _ta_
_Sol_ | _tó_ | _le^el_ | =ár= | _bol_.
The rhyme is assonance, the rhyme-vowels being _á-o_ in the 2d and 4th
lines, and _ó-e_ in the 5th and 7th lines. This kind of metrical
composition is called _seguidilla_.
[140.1] =Á un Peral... muchacho==_un muchacho tiró una piedra á un
peral_.
[140.4] =Soltóle==_le_ ('for him') _soltó_.