sestina
/sɛˈstinə/
noun
- A complex poetic form with six stanzas of six lines each, followed by a three-line envoi, where the same six end-words are repeated in a specific pattern.
- She studied the sestina form in her creative writing class.
- The poet's sestina explored themes of memory and loss.
- Writing a sestina requires careful planning of the repeating end-words.
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