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sestina
noun[ C ]
literature specializeduk /səˈstiː.nə/ us /səˈstiː.nə/
a poem that has 39 lines and a complicated pattern of repeating lines: 六节诗
I taught myself to write haikus, sonnets, and sestinas.我自己学着写俳句、十四行诗和六节诗。
You can write a sestina on any subject you choose.
A sestina is an ideal form to use if you want to write about a situation where you are trapped or helpless or lost.
The sestina has six stanzas, each comprising six unrhymed lines, in which the words at the end of the first stanza’s lines reappear in a rolling pattern in the other stanzas.
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