Silva (Spanish Strophe)
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Silva, in Spanish poetry, a strophe, laisse (Sp. tirada) consisting of eleven- and seven-syllable lines (hendecasyllables [endecasílabos] and heptasyllables [heptasílabos]), the majority of which are rhymed although there is no fixed order or rhyme nor is there a fixed number of lines. Silvas are used by persons of high rank, usually in soliloquies, and for highly emotional narration and description.
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