It is that branch of linguistics, which is responsible for classifying the verses and the rhyme they possess, thus being able to define different ways of writing poems. Each language has different characteristics to be guided by when studying the verse, such as the Spanish metric that, depending on the number of syllables and type of rhyme, can give an accurate version of the technique used to write it; For its part, in the Hebraic language it is based on parallelism, using it as the main phenomenon found within its characteristics, the Bible being the greatest example where it can be appreciated, by the verses, the most common way of using the verse.
It is called scanning to count the numbers of syllables and, for this, certain rules must be followed, such as: if the final word of the verse is acute, one more syllable would have to be added to the ones that were already there; if it ends in a plain word, the syllables already obtained are simply kept; if the last word is esdrújula, a syllable would be subtracted; if there are hiatuses or diphthongs at the beginning and end of a word, the poetic license " sinalefa " can be used; other rules will be at the mercy of the author, who will finally decide whether to delete or add syllables at the beginning, middle and end of a word, making use of different poetic licenses.
The verses can be minor art (containing up to 8 syllables) or major art (from 9 syllables). Likewise, it can be oxytone, paroxytone and proparoxytone, ending in acute, grave or esdrujula, correspondingly. Finally, the stanzas are those groups of between 2 and 13 verses, which express an idea in itself and, which also instill rhyme and meter, to define certain techniques for writing poems.
