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Sestinas

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Sestinas

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  2. Sestinas A sestina is a 39-line linked poetic form believed to have been invented by Arnaut Daniel (c. 1180-1200), aProvençal troubador poet who inspired Dante such that he appears in The Purgatory as a model for the vernacular poet. Here is what people mean by “linked.” Instead of there being a rhyme scheme or even a set meter like many other fixed forms of poetry, a sestina follows to a set pattern of end-words, or teleutons, which appear at the end of each line. Sestinas are structured into six six-line stanzas. The initial end words of each of these six stanzas are then repeated in a specific pattern as end words in each subsequent stanza. The poem ends with a final three-line stanza, or envoi, which uses all six end-words as a triumphant send-off.

  3. Sestina format: • 1 2 3 4 5 6 • 6 1 5 2 4 3 • 3 6 4 1 2 5 • 5 3 2 6 1 4 • 4 5 1 3 6 2 • 2 4 6 5 3 1 • 2/5 , 4/3, 6/1

  4. Tips: • It is important to pick good repetition words. Words with more than one meaning are useful. Punning is perfectly acceptable. • You can use enjambment- a sentence or clause does not have to end at the end of the verse or stanza. • Depending on how strict you want to stay to the structure, you could choose to: • Interchange homophones with your end words. For example, if one of your end words is ¨through¨you could also use ¨threw¨in its place. • You can change the tense or subject of the verb. For example, ¨talk¨could become ¨talks¨or ¨talked.¨ • The frequent repetition of words in emphasised positions tends to give the sestina an obsessive flavour. Some of the best sestinas in English use this to evoke a sinister atmosphere.

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