Sidney's Double Sestina
| Type: | | Structure, Metrical Requirement, End Word Requirement,
Isosyllabic | | |
| Description: | | Sir Phillip Sidney wrote a double sestina where the pattern
was just duplicated in verses 7-12, while his envoy had the scheme: 5/2 3/4 1/6. At least he wasn’t as dotty as Swinburne. | | |
| Attributed to: | | Sir Phillip Sidney | | |
| Origin: | | English | | |
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Envoy: 5/2 3/4 1/6. | | |
| Rhythm/Stanza Length: | | 6 | | |
| Line/Poem Length: | | 75 | | |
| See Also: | | Bina, Decrina, French Rhymed Sestina, Ocarina, Quartina, Quintina, Rhymed Double Sestina, | Status: | | Incomplete | | |
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