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=Al llegar la noche=, when night came. =Se puso a cantar=, he began to sing. =Nadie se acercaba a él=, no one approached him. =Creyó morir=, he thought that he was dying. When there is no change of subject the dependent verb is infinitive. =Iba perdiendo=, the verb =ir= with the gerund indicates a continually increasing action.
Pereda's language is academically correct, with some of the flavor of Cervantes; but his thought is often ponderous, or even obscure. He is at his best when he pictures the uncouth homely life of his highland peasants or simple fisher-folk. This he does with the truthfulness of the most scrupulous realist, but without stooping to pornographic detail.
So the style like the action never settles in dull monotony, which, be it ever so beautiful, ends by wearying the audience. The great master put diversion into every thought and filled the listener with rapture by the versatility and beauty of his inimitable style. One of the secrets of Lope's influence over his contemporaries is to be found in his versification.
As great difference exists in the usage of the Spanish punctuation marks at the present day, it has been thought advisable in this edition to adopt in some cases what might be called mixed punctuation, that is, when there is a question which is also an exclamation, attention is called to the fact by the use of the interrogation point before and the exclamation point after the phrase or sentence.
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