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Ocarina

Type:  

Structure, Metrical Requirement, End Word Requirement, Isosyllabic

 
Description: 

Sestina with eight lines per verse for a total of 68 lines.

 
Attributed to: 

Bob Newman

 
Origin: 

England

 
Schematic: 
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78123456
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With the envoy:
12 / 34 / 56 / 78
 
Rhythm/Stanza Length: 

8

 
Line/Poem Length: 

68

 
See Also:  

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

 
Status: 

Incomplete

 

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