writing
 






 

Question by  calmond (9)

What is a sestina?

Could you provide me with an example?

 
+7

Answer by  djb228 (510)

A sestina is a type of poem of 39 lines made up of six 6-line stanzas and a 3-line end. The lines of each stanza end with the same six words in different orders; they are also in the ending. Sestinas are complex to write, and exist in many languages.

 
+5

Answer by  A3JQV3WPFGSULE (191)

It is a poem with thirty nine lines made up of siz stanzas with siz lines each. The rhyming pattern is a combination of the same six words.

 
You have 50 words left!