Sestina
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[1]Sestina - a poem of six six-line stanzas (with an envoy) in which the line-endings of the first stanza are repeated, but in different order, in the other five.
[2]Example from Elizabeth Akers Allen's The Voices of Spring
1 Why is it that the voices of the spring, [A]
2 The bluebird's note, the redbreast's mellow call, [B]
3 The sweet, sweet carols which the sparrows sing, [A]
4 The peeping of the frogs at evening's fall, [B]
5 These vague regrets and homesick longings bring [A]
6 To hearts which listen for and love them all? [B]
7 All hearts rejoice when winter goes---and all [B]
8 Are glad to welcome back the tardy spring; [A]
9 To hear the woods responding to the call [B]
10 Which, rough and blustering, the March winds sing,--- [A]
11 To mark the shower's blossom-waking fall, [B]
12 And the slight changes which the slow days bring. [A]
13 And yet, the first soft days are sure to bring [A]
14 A tender sadness with their joy, to all--- [B]
15 For with the new growth, buried memories spring [A]
16 As once of old at dread enchantment's call, [B]
17 The dead arose and spake; how can we sing [A]
18 Or smile, when tears well up, and fain would fall? [B]
Notice how the words spring, call, sing, bring, fall, and all are repeated throughout the first three stanzas? This continues throughout the poem.
--Spikestoyou 22:10, 31 January 2007 (EST)
