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Antonyms for sestina

Grammar : Noun
Spell : se-stee-nuh
Phonetic Transcription : sɛˈsti nə

Definition of sestina

Origin :
  • 1797, from Italian, "poem of six-lined stanzas," from sesto "sixth," from Latin sextus (see six). Invented by 12c. Provençal troubadour Arnaut Daniel. The line endings of the first stanza are repeated in different order in the rest, and in an envoi.
  • As in poem : noun highly expressive, rhythmical literary piece
  • As in poesy : noun poem
Example sentences :
  • The sestina is composed of six 6-line stanzas and a final 3-line stanza.
  • Extract from : « The Principles of English Versification » by Paull Franklin Baum
  • Naught else have I afforded you, madame, save very anciently a Sestina.
  • Extract from : « Chivalry » by James Branch Cabell
  • From Italy have come, besides the ottava rima and the sonnet, two other metrical forms, the sestina and the terza rima.
  • Extract from : « The Principles of English Versification » by Paull Franklin Baum
  • The common form of the sestina has six stanzas of six lines each, with a tercet at the end.
  • Extract from : « English Verse » by Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D.
  • That it was used and admired by Dante and Petrarch, alone gives the sestina a royal precedence over all of the other forms.
  • Extract from : « Ballades and Rondeaus, Chants Royal, Sestinas, Villanelles, etc, » by Various
  • The sestina, a very elaborate canzonet, was invented in Provence and borrowed by the Italians.
  • Extract from : « The Flourishing of Romance and the Rise of Allegory » by George Saintsbury

Synonyms for sestina

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