Rhymes for children’s games in old folk songs

Analysing the stylistic and formal features of ‘staged songs’ preserved in Golden Century sources, we check that some of the rhymes that accompanied children’s games seem to share the same characteristics. Furthermore, from a formal and structural viewpoint, these songs possess certain features that...

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Main Author: Margit Frenk
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Castilla, La Mancha 2013-06-01
Series:Ocnos
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Online Access:http://www.revista.uclm.es/index.php/ocnos/article/view/125
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spelling doaj-f666f0c48eb541fb858100d7a76154fa2020-11-24T23:11:38ZengUniversidad de Castilla, La ManchaOcnos1885-446X2013-06-0190720Rhymes for children’s games in old folk songsMargit FrenkAnalysing the stylistic and formal features of ‘staged songs’ preserved in Golden Century sources, we check that some of the rhymes that accompanied children’s games seem to share the same characteristics. Furthermore, from a formal and structural viewpoint, these songs possess certain features that distinguish them from other compositions of the Iberian Peninsula Old Poetry. In general, these ‘staged songs’ are longer and show a constant metric and formal irregularity, that excludes them of what is commonly known as the ‘Old Popular Poetry’. These formal and structural differences reveal that‘staged songs’ having not been sieved through theclassical literature, as many other compositions of the old popular poetry have, keep their traditional flavour and are closer to contemporary folklore.http://www.revista.uclm.es/index.php/ocnos/article/view/125Antigua lírica popularpoesía hispánicacancionesescenificadasPopular PoetryHispanic Poetrystaged songs
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Rhymes for children’s games in old folk songs
Ocnos
Antigua lírica popular
poesía hispánica
canciones
escenificadas
Popular Poetry
Hispanic Poetry
staged songs
author_facet Margit Frenk
author_sort Margit Frenk
title Rhymes for children’s games in old folk songs
title_short Rhymes for children’s games in old folk songs
title_full Rhymes for children’s games in old folk songs
title_fullStr Rhymes for children’s games in old folk songs
title_full_unstemmed Rhymes for children’s games in old folk songs
title_sort rhymes for children’s games in old folk songs
publisher Universidad de Castilla, La Mancha
series Ocnos
issn 1885-446X
publishDate 2013-06-01
description Analysing the stylistic and formal features of ‘staged songs’ preserved in Golden Century sources, we check that some of the rhymes that accompanied children’s games seem to share the same characteristics. Furthermore, from a formal and structural viewpoint, these songs possess certain features that distinguish them from other compositions of the Iberian Peninsula Old Poetry. In general, these ‘staged songs’ are longer and show a constant metric and formal irregularity, that excludes them of what is commonly known as the ‘Old Popular Poetry’. These formal and structural differences reveal that‘staged songs’ having not been sieved through theclassical literature, as many other compositions of the old popular poetry have, keep their traditional flavour and are closer to contemporary folklore.
topic Antigua lírica popular
poesía hispánica
canciones
escenificadas
Popular Poetry
Hispanic Poetry
staged songs
url http://www.revista.uclm.es/index.php/ocnos/article/view/125
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