Stanza 4. Stanza 5. Stanza 6. Last stanza--tercet 3 lines :. You can mix the order of the B, D, and F as long as you put one of them on each line so you have 2 of your 6 words on each line. Directions for a sestina:. Pick 6 end words -- try to choose words that have multiple meanings, or that evoke a mood, place, or season.
You can change the form of the word for grammatical purposes if you need to. The main 6 stanzas should follow the prescribed pattern. The ending tercet does not have such a strict pattern. Look at the poem by Elizabeth Bishop. She followed a different pattern for her tercet. Morning meets our faces, lights our shoes F traipsing past chrysanthemums on Avenue; A I wonder if this smiling man wants water E even as he fingers tunes, accordion melting B Pittsburgh into Italy like blue crow bird D balancing on wires, pointing like a sign C.
Even if you do it just as a matter of pride. The first 6 stanzas are each 6 lines. End words repeat according to the letter order below:.
Stanza 1. Stanza 7. At age fifteen, the same daughter was still writing sestinas. The sestina below plays with punctuation to try to achieve a musical effect. Note that it also takes liberty with the order of end words in the final stanza. The end of the day does not break, like glass— A maybe; you can catch it, with broken string B on an old piano, black notes white notes C falling out the window and the shatter— D bends.
The other cacophony sits E silently watching, fingers bend like wood F. Upon the ground, other melodies sit E writes out letters in a shaky hand, notes C in brown ink; one by one pulls up the strings B wrestles with song, a savage battle, wood F stained with inky blood—or bloody ink—glass A overturned; lying in pieces, shatters. And… silence. Test it out for yourself. Wrapped tight with strings, B you strain to pull free; frenzied, soft, shatters D to lie flung across the old stone, old wood F whispers in your ear; tells you, sit, sit, sit— E listen to the voice in the wind, the notes C in the old piano, encased in glass.
E, C non-standard. View the poem without letters at line-ends: Un done. Photo and post by L. The first sestinas are attributed to Arnaut Daniel, who wrote in the Occitan language in the 12th century. Not Helpful 0 Helpful 0. Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered.
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Julia Papenbrok Mar 18, Neil Fraser May 9, I plan on publishing it as part of my fifth book of poetry later this year. If you wish I will share this draft of the poem. Hannah Grafton May 30, I easily found this article and quickly learned how to write a sestina! Rated this article:. Anonymous Sep 18, This form is most appealing to me. Now I know it, and I think I shall employ it. Fred Smearson May 31, Share yours! More success stories Hide success stories.
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