ses·ti·na (s -st  n )n. A verse form first used by the Provençal troubadours, consisting of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy. The end words of the first stanza are repeated in varied order as end words in the other stanzas and also recur in the envoy. [Italian, from sesto, sixth, from Latin sextus; see s(w)eks in Indo-European roots.] |
sestina [sɛˈstiːnə]
n
(Literature / Poetry) an elaborate verse form of Italian origin, normally unrhymed, consisting of six stanzas of six lines each and a concluding tercet. The six final words of the lines in the first stanza are repeated in a different order in each of the remaining five stanzas and also in the concluding tercet Also called sextain
[from Italian, from sesto sixth, from Latin sextus]
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