Editing Alexandrine (section)

===Spanish===

The Spanish ''verso alejandrino'' is a line of 7+7 syllables, probably developed in imitation of the French alexandrine.{{sfn|Clarke|2012|p=1347}} Its structure is:{{sfn|Mérimée|1930|p=39}}

 o o o o o S o | o o o o o S o

It was used beginning about 1200 for ''[[mester de clerecía]]'' (clerical verse), typically occurring in the ''cuaderna vía'', a stanza of four ''alejandrinos'' all with a single end-rhyme.{{sfn|Clarke|2012|p=1347}}

The ''alejandrino'' was most prominent during the 13th and 14th centuries, after which time it was eclipsed by the metrically more flexible ''[[arte mayor]]''.{{sfn|Gasparov|1996|p=138}} [[Juan Ruiz]]'s [[Book of Good Love]] is one of the best-known examples of ''cuaderna vía'', though other verse forms also appear in the work.{{sfn|Gaylord|Mayhew|2012|p=1334}}