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Sestina Poem Form. The final words of the first stanza appear in varied order in the other five, the order Web as the title reveals, the poem is a sestina:
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In the failing light, the old grandmother. Sestinas originated with the lyric poets (troubadour poets) of southern france. Each stanza repeats the end rhymes of the first stanza, but not in the same order. The final words of the first stanza appear in varied order in the other five, the order It’s a virtual vertical verbal tower, a linguistic jenga puzzle. The order of lines in each stanza follows a pattern that can be described algorithmically. A tight sweater shoving words into predetermined zones. Academy of american poets newsletter. The end words of the first stanza are repeated in a different order as end words in each of the subsequent five stanzas; Web the first six stanzas, as is customary in the sestina poem form, contain six lines and are known as sestets.