Structure, Metrical Requirement, End Word Requirement, Isosyllabic

Like a sestina, only shorter. Usually in isosyllabic lines, although that level of formalism is not necessary. This is based on five end words that come around again and again in an infolding pattern.

Steven Owen Shields of Georgia

American

1. ABCDE
2. CDBEA
3. BEDAC
4. DAECB
5. ECABD

Envoi: either ABC/DE or AB/CDE.

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Bina, Decrina, French Rhymed Sestina, Ocarina, Quartina, Rhymed Double Sestina, Sestina, Sidney's Double Sestina, Swinburne's Double Sestina, Swinburne's Rhymed Sestina, Tritrina

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