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Definitions for Sestina
[1] a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, originally without rhyme, in which each stanza repeats the end words of the lines of the first stanza, but in different order, the envoy using the six words again, three in the middle of the lines and three at the end.
[2] an elaborate verse form of Italian origin, normally unrhymed, consisting of six stanzas of six lines each and a concluding tercet. The six final words of the lines in the first stanza are repeated in a different order in each of the remaining five stanzas and also in the concluding tercet Also called: sextain
Words related to Sestina
rhyme, poetry, writing, verse, lyric, epic, composition, ballad, sonnet, song, beat, creation, poesy, rime, words, ode, limerick, lines, rune, haiku
Words nearby Sestina
sessions, sesterce, sestertium, sestertius, sestet, sestina, sesto san giovanni, sestos, set, set a precedent, set about
Origin of Sestina
1580–90; < Italian, equivalent to sest(o ) (< Latin sextus sixth) + -ina -ine2
Word origin for Sestina
C19: from Italian, from sesto sixth, from Latin sextus
Synonyms for Sestina
ballad, composition, epic, lyric, poetry, rhyme, sonnet, verse, writing, beat, creation, haiku, limerick, lines, ode, poesy, quatrain, rime, rune, song, words, blank verse, free verse, villanelle