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sestina Definition


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sestina
noun
    sestinas
    1. An old form of poetry consisting of six verses of six lines, where the end-words of the first verse are repeated in different orders in the last five verses.
Etymology: 1830s: Italian, from sesto, from Latin sextus sixth.



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