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sestina
by algernon charles swinburne. unusual in its use of rhyme.

writing activity - sestina
simplistic description of the form for beginning writers. part of a larger writing workshop called "wordweave."

sestina: altaforte
by ezra pound. perhaps the most famous modern use of the form.

poetry form - the sestina.
a description and explanation of the form, with examples and a step-by-step guide to writing one.

the shrinking lonesome sestina
by miller williams. part of a larger site called the wondering minstrels.

sestina of the tramp-royal
by rudyard kipling, in cockney dialect. part of the daypoems poetry collection edited by timothy bovee.

the krenek sestinas
by don mager. a set of six related sestinas both echoing and about the music and life of ernst krenek, a serial composer. part of eclectica magazine v2n2.

sestina
a brief definition and description from a course at the university of pennsylvania.

iyer's literary pages
sestina by iyer

the sestina page
a webpage devoted to the sestina form, with a large online archive of examples.

island sestina
a sestina by kathleen craker firestone, at the northern michigan journal's website.

mcsweeney's internet tendency: sestinas
a site that posts submissions of sestinas only. the quality varies.

moo world order: sestina creator
fill in the end words of the first six-line stanza and the site will list the order of the words in the rest of the poem.

sestinas for free
a collection by nicholas gordon that can be used free for any personal or non-commercial purpose.

sestina
by elizabeth bishop.

sestina
description and examples from a course taught by alberto rios.

sestina in the computer age
by scott reid.

sestina
advice by damon mclaughlin on how to write a sestina, with an example by anthony hecht. part of a course at the university of northern iowa called "the craft of poetry."

some thoughts on sestinas
an article by lawrence schimel with an example by joe haldeman. part of a series in writing-world.com.



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