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 |
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Status: | | Incomplete | |
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