sestina
pronunciation
How to pronounce sestina in British English:
UK [ses'ti:nə]
How to pronounce sestina in American English:
US [ses'tinə]
Word Origin
- sestina (n.)
- 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.