sestina
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Although an occasional narrative experiment might disrupt the format, what makes “Law & Order” special is precisely the fact that it has one, like a sonnet, a sestina, or an ottava rima.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 24, 2022
There aren’t strict rules for what is poetry unless you’re trying to adhere to a specific form like the sestina, haiku or limerick.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2021
The story’s structure resembles that of a sestina, the same elements — Jordan, Seinfeld, aluminum foil, Chore Boy and baking soda — recombining in different configurations throughout to dizzying effect.
From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2021
At its best, whether in blank verse or in a 39-line sestina, his work was lyrical and bracing.
From Washington Post • Apr. 11, 2018
For a specimen of the rimed sestina, see Swinburne's Poems and Ballads, Second Series, p.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
