Lexicographical Neighbors of Sixains
Literary usage of Sixains
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Short History of English Literature by George Saintsbury (1898)
"The Berwick sack is in sixains rhymed ... ^and iambic fives as so often noted;
the entry into Brabant in octosyllabic couplets followed by romance sixains ..."
2. A Short History of English Literature by George Saintsbury (1898)
"The Berwick sack is in sixains rhymed ... and iambic fives as so often noted;
the entry into Brabant in octosyllabic couplets followed by romance sixains ..."
3. A History of English Prosody from the Twelfth Century to the Present Day by George Saintsbury (1906)
"3 Such as the sixains, " The oftener seen the more I lust," or " The rushing
rivers that do run. ..."
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