Explore the Craft of Writing Verse Spanish Verse The Endecha is a " The Canción triste que encierra un lamento", ("sad song that locks up a moan"), a 16th century Spanish dirge or song of sorrow.
The elements of the Endecha are:
stanzaic, written in any number of quatrains.
syllabic, written with 7-7-7-11 syllables per line.
rhymed, rhyme scheme xaxa xbxb etc., x being unrhymed. The rhyme is often consonance only but true rhyme may be used.
Cold Forever --Judi Van Gorder
It tears at my heaving breast
and rips out my grieving heart,
pain of losin