The metric in spanish proverbs

Abstract

Statements separated from the rest of a text (isolated verse, title, proverb) can be submitted to a metrical anaysis. Besides, the title of many plays are proverbs and such notions as verse, rhyme (nature and distribution) must be taken into account in order to characterize the metrical structure of a proverb. In this aspect, the Spanish proverb has an ancient tradition, going back to the sapientals texts of the Bible. The popular wisdom then becomes integrated in an autochtonous metrics without losing its universality.