Legends, Tales and Poems by Gustavo Adolfo Bécquer - HTML preview

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XXXI[1]

 

Nuestra pasión fué un trágico sainete
En cuya absurda fábula
Lo cómico y lo grave confundidos
Risas y llanto arrancan.
  ¡Pero fué lo peor de aquella historia
    Que al fin de la jornada,
Á ella tocaron lágrimas y risas,
    Y á mí sólo las lágrimas!

[Footnote 1: This poem is composed of hendecasyllabic verses of the first class alternating with regular heptasyllabic verses. Notice the esdrújulos terminating the 2d and 8th verses. The even verses have the same assonance throughout.]