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Newman Sestina

Type:  

Structure, Metrical Requirement, End Word Requirement, Isosyllabic

 
Description: 

A sestina that uses six anagrams as the end words. In other words, words like: scared and sacred, but with all six as anagrams. There are only the six end words, as with a normal sestina.

 
Attributed to: 

Bob Newman

 
Origin: 

England

 
Schematic: 
123456
615243
364125
532614
451362
246531

Envoy either 531 or 135.

The envoy also contains the other end words embedded in the lines (246).
 
Rhythm/Stanza Length: 

6

 
Line/Poem Length: 

39

 
Reference: 

Reference Link

 
See Also:  

Sestina

 
Status: 

Incomplete

 

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