She dances atop pink foam,
Bouncy springy steps.
Tumbling herself forward once,
Her small perfect form;
Tumbling backward runs
In circles and rounds she turns;
Arms stretch, smiling fun.
The Seguidilla started out as a lively Spanish folksong and dance and has evolved into an engaging form of poetry over the ages. It is constructed in seven lines with alternating syllable counts of 7, 5, 7, 5, 5, 7, 5. The second and fourth lines rhyme with each other (although often only by assonance), as do the fifth and seventh lines, as demonstrated in the following links:
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