Trenta-Sei
| Type: | | Structure, Metrical Requirement, Repetitive
Requirement | | |
| Description: | | Form invented by US poet John Ciardi, it could be
considered a semi-gloss. It consists of six six-line verses. Each line of the first verse is the first line of one of the six verses in order. Ciardi's
trenta-sei was written in five-stress accentual lines. | | |
| Attributed to: | | John Ciardi | | |
| Origin: | | American | | |
| Schematic: | | Repetition scheme:
123456
2xxxxx
3xxxxx
4xxxxx
5xxxxx
6xxxxx | | |
| Rhythm/Stanza Length: | | 6 | | |
| Line/Poem Length: | | 36 | | |
| See Also: | | Accentual Verse, Glose, Sestet, Top Glose | |
|
| Status: | | Incomplete | | |
|
