Synalepha and Hiatus, Dieresis and Synerisis
The guide below assumes some knowledge of the basics, but that is a risky assumption. Therefore I am supplementing it with some extra information.
Synalepha (sinalefa) is the merger of two vowels in two separate words:
Oro bruñido al sol relumbra en vano.
(Góngora)
It can occur in the weak metrical position, as in the example above, or in the strong position. Hiatus (hiato) is the negation of synalepha.
Qué hora: lanzar el cuerpo hacio lo / alto.
(Rodríguez)
It tends to occur only when the second vowel occurs in a metrically strong position--usually at the end of a line or before the 6th syllable of an 11 syllables line.
Synerisis (sinérisis) is the merger of two strong vowels into a dipthong.
"Harían de tu corazón" (Lorca)
To make this line an octosyllabic line, we need to take a way a syllable.
Dieresis (diéresis) splits a dipthong into two syllables. Often it will be noted with a diacritic mark (süave). Not all dipthongs can be split up this way. Once again, the purpose of hiatus, synerisis, and dieresis is to preserve the syllable count. In other words, you have to know in advance how many syllables the line is supposed to have before you can apply these factors to the scansion of a line.
Synalepha (sinalefa) is the merger of two vowels in two separate words:
Oro bruñido al sol relumbra en vano.
(Góngora)
It can occur in the weak metrical position, as in the example above, or in the strong position. Hiatus (hiato) is the negation of synalepha.
Qué hora: lanzar el cuerpo hacio lo / alto.
(Rodríguez)
It tends to occur only when the second vowel occurs in a metrically strong position--usually at the end of a line or before the 6th syllable of an 11 syllables line.
Synerisis (sinérisis) is the merger of two strong vowels into a dipthong.
"Harían de tu corazón" (Lorca)
To make this line an octosyllabic line, we need to take a way a syllable.
Dieresis (diéresis) splits a dipthong into two syllables. Often it will be noted with a diacritic mark (süave). Not all dipthongs can be split up this way. Once again, the purpose of hiatus, synerisis, and dieresis is to preserve the syllable count. In other words, you have to know in advance how many syllables the line is supposed to have before you can apply these factors to the scansion of a line.
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