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Apr 19, 2006 13:22

So, I really didn't want to go to class today, but I am anyhow. :-( Boo on being all responsible and stuff (though my homework is all turned in, even if I was doing it in other classes, and we'll see if I can pay attention in English instead of writing verse ( Read more... )

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isokumihitokiri April 19 2006, 14:55:38 UTC
Sestina?????????? what is a sestina?

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sulenda April 19 2006, 22:37:36 UTC
It's a kind of poem, like a sonnet or a limerick.
Ah, let's do this the easy way: Wikipedia explains it all for you

(relevant bits: The same six words must end the six lines, and if we number the six words that end the first stanza's lines as 123456, these same words will switch places in the following sequences-- 615243, 364125, 532614, 451362, and 246531. The six words are then included within the lines of the concluding triplet [in a "prescribed order" that everyone does differently)

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