Thank you for indulging me! If you'd like to join the zejel fun, the definition of a zejel is given below..be sure to let me know if you decide to join in!! ;) ;) Have a wonderful week ahead! ;) ;)


The zejel is a very old Spanish poetic form that is also likely an even older Arabic poetic form with an origination date somewhere between the ninth and eleventh centuries.

Here are the basic rules for zejel:

First stanza is a tercet (3-line stanza) with an AAA rhyme scheme

All other stanzas are quatrains (4-line stanzas) with a XXXA rhyme scheme, so the second stanza would be BBBA, third CCCA, fourth DDDA, and so on to the end of the poem...meaning the poem can continue with as many quatrains as you like! ;) ;)

Lines are usually 8 syllables long


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