Definition of sestina in English:

sestina

noun sɛˈstiːnəsɛˈstinə

Prosody

A poem with six stanzas of six lines and a final triplet, all stanzas having the same six words at the line ends in six different sequences.
〔诗韵〕六节诗，六六诗体（一种由六节六行诗以及结尾的一节三行诗构成的诗体）
Example sentencesExamples
- We'll be doing sestinas by the end of the week at this rate.
- We might at first imagine it as the sestina's final cathartic pinnacle.
- We don't get much form poetry, and we haven't had a sestina in at least four years.
- The book abounds with sonnets, villanelles, a pantoum, sonatinas (he is also a musician) and what in my opinion is the most difficult of forms, sestinas.
- What about writing sonnets and sestinas and villanelles?

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Italian, from sesto (see sestet).

Definition of sestina in US English:

sestina

nounsɛˈstinəseˈstēnə

Prosody

A poem with six stanzas of six lines and a final triplet, all stanzas having the same six words at the line-ends in six different sequences that follow a fixed pattern, and with all six words appearing in the closing three-line envoi.
〔诗韵〕六节诗，六六诗体（一种由六节六行诗以及结尾的一节三行诗构成的诗体）
Example sentencesExamples
- We might at first imagine it as the sestina's final cathartic pinnacle.
- What about writing sonnets and sestinas and villanelles?
- We'll be doing sestinas by the end of the week at this rate.
- The book abounds with sonnets, villanelles, a pantoum, sonatinas (he is also a musician) and what in my opinion is the most difficult of forms, sestinas.
- We don't get much form poetry, and we haven't had a sestina in at least four years.

Origin

Mid 19th century: from Italian, from sesto (see sestet).

词汇	sestina
释义	Definition of sestina in English: sestina noun sɛˈstiːnəsɛˈstinə Prosody A poem with six stanzas of six lines and a final triplet, all stanzas having the same six words at the line ends in six different sequences. 〔诗韵〕六节诗，六六诗体（一种由六节六行诗以及结尾的一节三行诗构成的诗体） Example sentencesExamples We'll be doing sestinas by the end of the week at this rate. We might at first imagine it as the sestina's final cathartic pinnacle. We don't get much form poetry, and we haven't had a sestina in at least four years. The book abounds with sonnets, villanelles, a pantoum, sonatinas (he is also a musician) and what in my opinion is the most difficult of forms, sestinas. What about writing sonnets and sestinas and villanelles? Origin Mid 19th century: from Italian, from sesto (see sestet). Definition of sestina in US English: sestina nounsɛˈstinəseˈstēnə Prosody A poem with six stanzas of six lines and a final triplet, all stanzas having the same six words at the line-ends in six different sequences that follow a fixed pattern, and with all six words appearing in the closing three-line envoi. 〔诗韵〕六节诗，六六诗体（一种由六节六行诗以及结尾的一节三行诗构成的诗体） Example sentencesExamples We might at first imagine it as the sestina's final cathartic pinnacle. What about writing sonnets and sestinas and villanelles? We'll be doing sestinas by the end of the week at this rate. The book abounds with sonnets, villanelles, a pantoum, sonatinas (he is also a musician) and what in my opinion is the most difficult of forms, sestinas. We don't get much form poetry, and we haven't had a sestina in at least four years. Origin Mid 19th century: from Italian, from sesto (see sestet).
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