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Analysis of factors affecting choice of present, imperfect and preterite tenses in narrative portions of Poema del Cid

It is far from original to claim that the metre of the Cantar de Mio Cid is anisosyllabic. A mere cursory glance at the poem, as we have it, proves this conclusively, at least if normal Spanish syllable count is used. Indeed, there have been far fewer advocates of the poem's metrical regularity than of its irregularity. Some scholars believe that despite distortions during the poem's transmission, there is little or no evidence of any 'original' regularity. Others, albeit very few, think that the original form of the work must have been isosyllabic, adducing evidence particularly from the regular metre of the romances. At the same time, some of those who admit the poem's metrical irregularity have attributed this largely to the method and history of the work's transmission. Between the two extremes of regularity and irregularity in syllable counting, a further group of scholars has seen regularity within the apparent irregularity by abandoning syllable count and treating the verses from the point of view of rhythm and stress.