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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