Etymology

sestina

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Today it means: A highly structured poem consisting of six six-line stanzas followed by a tercet or envoy, for a total of thirty-nine lines. Full definition →

Italian sestina
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromsestina
  2. English todaysestina

From Italian sestina. Doublet of sextain.

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