=Juan de Dios Peza=, b. 1852 in Mexico City,--a distinguished Mexican
poet. His verse is written in evident haste and is often published
without revision, but it has simplicity and spontaneity. Works:
_Leyendas de la ciudad de Méjico_, _Recuerdos y esperanzas_, _El arpa
del amor_, _Flores del alma_, _Hogar y patria_. Peza died in 1910.
=143.=--_Fusiles y muñecas_ has 11 syllables, and 2 rhythmic stresses,
to the line:
_Juan_ | _y_ | _Mar_ | =got=_,_ | _dos_ | _án_ | _ge_ | _les_ | _her_ | =ma= | _nos,_
_Que^em_ | _be_ | _lle_ | _cen_ | _mi^ho_ | =gar= | _con_ | _sus_ | _ca_ | =ri= | _ños,_
_Se^en_ | _tre_ | _tie_ | _nen_ | _con_ | =jue= | _gos_ | _tan_ | _hu_ | =ma= | _nos_
_Que_ | _pa_ | _re_ | _cen_ | _per_ | =so= | _nas_ | _des_ | _de_ | =ni= | _ños_.
The rhyme-scheme is =a=, =b=, =a=, =b=; etc.
[143.3] =tan humanos=, 'so like those of men and women.'
[143.4] =parecen personas desde niños=, 'they have seemed grown-up
people from their very childhood.'
[143.16] =orgullo= is subject of =alienta=.
=144.=--[144.10] =sobre=, 'in.'
[144.13] =de entusiasmo ciego==_ciego de entusiasmo_.
[144.23] =¿Será la que ha=, 'can it be that she has?'
=145.=--[145.1] =del dolor al peso==_al peso del dolor_.
[145.3] =Se me cuelga del cuello==_se cuelga de mi cuello_ (=me= is
dative of possession).
[145.4] =Se le saltan las lágrimas= (=le= is dative of possession).
[145.11] =¡Cómo han de ser...=, 'how shall... be.'