Definition
    The sestina is a type of poem that enables the reader to choose six words and use those words creatively throughout the poem.

Sestina Web Sites
A Definition of a Sestina
The Structure of a Sestina
"Rose with No Thorn"
"Island Sestina"
A Sestina by Elizabeth Bishop
"Sestina in the Computer Age"

Steps in Writing a Sestina
How to and Examples

Stanza 1
____________________________________________________________________A
____________________________________________________________________B
____________________________________________________________________C
____________________________________________________________________D
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Stanza 2
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____________________________________________________________________A
____________________________________________________________________E
____________________________________________________________________B
____________________________________________________________________D
____________________________________________________________________C

Stanza 3
____________________________________________________________________C
____________________________________________________________________F
____________________________________________________________________D
____________________________________________________________________A
____________________________________________________________________B
____________________________________________________________________E

Stanza 4
____________________________________________________________________E
____________________________________________________________________C
____________________________________________________________________B
____________________________________________________________________F
____________________________________________________________________A
____________________________________________________________________D

Stanza 5
____________________________________________________________________D
____________________________________________________________________E
____________________________________________________________________A
____________________________________________________________________C
____________________________________________________________________F
____________________________________________________________________B

Stanza 6
____________________________________________________________________B
____________________________________________________________________D
____________________________________________________________________F
____________________________________________________________________E
____________________________________________________________________C
____________________________________________________________________A

Final Tercet
____________________________________________________________________AB
____________________________________________________________________CD
____________________________________________________________________EF