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Quartina

Type:  

Structure, End Word Requirement

 
Description: 

The four-line stanza version of the sestina with the typical end-word enfolding.

 
Attributed to: 

Bob Newman

 
Origin: 

England

 
Schematic: 
1234
4123
3412
2341

Envoy:
12 / 34
 
Rhythm/Stanza Length: 

4

 
Line/Poem Length: 

18

 
Reference: 

Reference Link

 
See Also:  

Bina, Decrina, Ocarina, Quatorzain, Quintina, Rhymed Double Sestina, Sestina, Sidney's Double Sestina, Swinburne's Double Sestina, Swinburne's Rhymed Sestina, Tritrina

 
Status: 

Incomplete

 

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