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Tuesday, September 12, 2017

Sestinas!

OK, today we are going to challenge ourselves with a complicated poetic form - the sestina.

First, let's read these examples by Elizabeth Bishop.

Then, open up this document: How to write a sestina

Just in case you'd like to see more, here are a few other examples of sestinas:

  • Love sestina
  • Nature sestina
  • Dreams sestina



Posted by Neil Rigler at 10:33 AM
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