sestina

[ se-stee-nuh ]

/ sɛˈsti nə /

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noun, plural ses·ti·nas, ses·ti·ne [se-stee-ney]. /sɛˈsti neɪ/. Prosody.

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.

Also called sextain.

Origin of sestina

1580–90; <Italian, equivalent to sest(o) (<Latin sextussixth) + -ina-ine²

Words nearby sestina

Sessions, sesterce, sestertium, sestertius, sestet, sestina, Sestos, Sesto San Giovanni, set, seta, set about

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Example sentences from the Web for sestina

Naught else have I afforded you, madame, save very anciently a Sestina.
Chivalry|James Branch Cabell
From Italy have come, besides the ottava rima and the sonnet, two other metrical forms, the sestina and the terza rima.
The Principles of English Versification|Paull Franklin Baum
That it was used and admired by Dante and Petrarch, alone gives the sestina a royal precedence over all of the other forms.
Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, etc,|Various
The common form of the sestina has six stanzas of six lines each, with a tercet at the end.
English Verse|Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D.

The sestina is composed of six 6-line stanzas and a final 3-line stanza.
The Principles of English Versification|Paull Franklin Baum

British Dictionary definitions for sestina

sestina

/ (sɛˈstiːnə) /

noun

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 tercetAlso called: sextain

Word Origin for sestina

C19: from Italian, from sesto sixth, from Latin sextus

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单词	sestina
释义	sestina [ se-stee-nuh ] / sɛˈsti nə / SEE SYNONYMS FOR sestina ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural ses·ti·nas, ses·ti·ne [se-stee-ney]. /sɛˈsti neɪ/. Prosody. 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. Also called sextain. Origin of sestina 1580–90; <Italian, equivalent to sest(o) (<Latin sextussixth) + -ina-ine² Words nearby sestina Sessions, sesterce, sestertium, sestertius, sestet, sestina, Sestos, Sesto San Giovanni, set, seta, set about Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for sestina Naught else have I afforded you, madame, save very anciently a Sestina. Chivalry\|James Branch Cabell From Italy have come, besides the ottava rima and the sonnet, two other metrical forms, the sestina and the terza rima. The Principles of English Versification\|Paull Franklin Baum That it was used and admired by Dante and Petrarch, alone gives the sestina a royal precedence over all of the other forms. Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, etc,\|Various The common form of the sestina has six stanzas of six lines each, with a tercet at the end. English Verse\|Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D. The sestina is composed of six 6-line stanzas and a final 3-line stanza. The Principles of English Versification\|Paull Franklin Baum British Dictionary definitions for sestina sestina / (sɛˈstiːnə) / noun 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 tercetAlso called: sextain Word Origin for sestina C19: from Italian, from sesto sixth, from Latin sextus Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to sestina rhyme, poetry, writing, verse, lyric, epic, composition, ballad, sonnet, song, beat, creation, poesy, rime, words, ode, limerick, lines, rune, haiku
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sestina

noun, plural ses·ti·nas, ses·ti·ne [se-stee-ney]. /sɛˈsti neɪ/. Prosody.

Origin of sestina

Words nearby sestina

Example sentences from the Web for sestina

British Dictionary definitions for sestina

noun

Word Origin for sestina

Words related to sestina