Translations for „sestina“ in the English » German Dictionary

ses·ti·na <pl - s [or -ne]> [seˈsti:nə] N LIT

sestina

Sestine f

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English

In this story-poem, created in sestina form, a little girl dreams about flying on her broom.

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The sestina has been subject to some variations, with changes being made to both the size and number of stanzas, and also to individual line length.

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At the high end of closed forms are the sestina and villanelle.

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The sestina is composed of six stanzas of six lines (sixains), followed by a stanza of three lines (a tercet).

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