sestina

noun

ses·ti·na se-ˈstē-nə

: a lyrical fixed form consisting of six 6-line usually unrhymed stanzas in which the end words of the first stanza recur as end words of the following five stanzas in a successively rotating order and as the middle and end words of the three verses of the concluding tercet

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Heffernan, who was raised in southwest Detroit, was known for pushing the boundaries of traditional poetic forms such as sonnets, sestinas and iambic pentameters, infusing them with everyday conversational tones and theological depth. —

Brendel Hightower, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2024 Well, Laura likes to say that what ChatGPT is actually good at is making sestinas. —

The Politics Of Everything, The New Republic, 10 May 2023 Her own verse often drew on classical forms such as the villanelle, sestina, tritina and sonnet, and sometimes incorporated references to ancient mythology and medieval legend. —

Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 8 July 2019 Many poems simply yoke together disparate elements, and some have no relation to collage at all (despite Polizzotti’s fanciful suggestion that a sestina’s repetitive pattern of line endings sort of counts). —

Michael Robbins, chicagotribune.com, 9 May 2018