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sestina

Pronunciation: /sɛˈstiːnə/

Definition of sestina

noun

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.

Origin:

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

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