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Definition of Sestine
1. n. See Sextain.
Definition of Sestine
1. sestina [n -S] - See also: sestina
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sestine
Literary usage of Sestine
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Dictionary of Proper Names and Notable Matters in the Works of Dante by Paget Jackson Toynbee (1898)
"four (VE), and one (Epist. iii) ; two sestine (VE) ; and one ballata (VN).
In addition to these, a considerable number of other lyrical poems is attributed ..."
2. A Dictionary of Proper Names and Notable Matters in the Works of Dante by Paget Jackson Toynbee (1898)
"four (VE), and one (Epist. iii) ; two sestine (VE) ; and one ... and two sestine.
In the Oxford Dante are printed fifty-one sonnets, twenty-one canzoni, ..."
3. The Sonnet; Its Origin, Structure, and Place in Poetry: With Original by Charles Tomlinson (1874)
"There are also triple sestine of eighteen stanzas each; and sestine with twelve
lines to each stanza, as in Dante's 10th Canzone, Amor tu' vedi ben, etc. ..."
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