RT Journal Article SR Electronic A1 Darebný, Jan T1 The verse of the translations into Czech of Life is a Dream: the case of octava JF Romanica Olomucensia YR 2015 VO 27 IS 1 SP 113 OP 124 DO 10.5507/ro.2015.008 UL https://romanica.upol.cz/artkey/rom-201501-0008.php AB The objective of this article is to present the methodology used in the author's investigation which deals with a comparison of Spanish dramatic verse and its translations into Czech from the point of view of versology and the theory and history of translation. In this study the verse of the four Czech translations of Calderón de la Barca's play Life Is a Dream is analysed.