Repetitio versuum en la lírica gallego-portuguesa

Abstract

This paper approaches the literary device known as repetition in the Galician-Portuguese lyric poetry. Repetition plays an essential part in the rethorical and conceptual development of the cantigas. We will study those repetitive processes characterized by the principles of symmetry and systematicity which affect rythmic units identified with complete lines besides those used for the refrain. These repetitions relate to parallelism and they can also be considered as particular realizations of other specific literary devices of the troubadour lyric that were formerly studied by scholars dealing with Occitan poetry. Moreover, the repetition fulfills an important function in the process of the formal and conceptual linking of the verses.