Décima

Décima In Spanish, the word décima means »the tenth.« It refers to a form of poetic verse with 10 lines, organized in a particular rhyming scheme. The most common type of décima in Latin America is octosyllabic, and the rhyming scheme that predominates is the décima espinela: abbaaccddc, meaning that the last syllable of each line must rhyme accordingly. The décima may be written or sung, set or improvised, religious or secular. It is a poetic form that has been common to both the written and…