BY

EDITED

WITH INTRODUCTION, NOTES AND VOCABULARY

BY

EVERETT WARD OLMSTED, PH.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF THE ROMANCE LANGUAGES IN

CORNELL UNIVERSITY

TO

MY MOTHER

LIFE OF BECQUER

AN UNPUBLISHED LETTER OF THE POET BECQUER, ONE OF THE FEW THAT HAVE SURVIVED HIM, ADDRESSED TO SOR. C. FRANCO DE LA IGLESIAS, MINISTERIO DE ULTRAMAR, MADRID. DATED IN TOLEDO, JULY 18TH, 1869.[1]

BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE

WORKS BY BECQUER

TRANSLATIONS

WORKS OR ARTICLES ON BECQUER

SPANISH PROSODY

I. SYLLABIFICATION

A. DIPHTHONGIZATION

B. SYNALEPHA

II. RHYTHMIC ACCENT

A. LATIN TERMS OF VERSIFICATION APPLIED TO SPANISH VERSE

B. SPANISH VERSE ENDINGS

C. THE DISTRIBUTION OF RHYTHMIC ACCENTS

D. THE NUMBER OF SYLLABLES IN SPANISH VERSE

III. CAESURAL PAUSES

IV. RHYME

A. CONSONANCE

B. ASSONANCE

STROPHES

CARTA SEXTA

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CORO

CORO

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CÁNTIGA PROVENZAL

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