poetry question

[Matthew Montchalin]

What kind of poetry was most common in Classical Nahuatl?

I'm embarrassed to ask, but can certain syllables become long by
'position' like they can in Latin (admittedly a wholly different
language)?  Is the most important thing about poetry in Classical
Nahuatl the metrification of syllabic feet, that is, the way 'feet'
are divided into predictable series of long and short syllables
(disregarding syllabic stress)?

When the Spanish missionaries introduced their hymns, were any
of these translated into Nahuatl?

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