Seguidilla (poetry)
# Seguidilla (poetry)

The seguidilla is a verse form of Spanish in origin. It has seven syllable-counted lines (7,5,7,5,5,7,5), and rhymes the second and fourth, and the fifth and seventh lines (x,A,x,A,B,x,B).

## Example

    So quiet now, the ripples
    lapping on the shore
    scarcely disturb the silence
    - a whisper, no more.
    But who knows the power
    the growing breakers may have
    in another hour?
       - Paul Hansford
