英语单词“sestina”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析

单词 sestina 释义 sestinanoun[C]literaturespecializeduk/s??sti?.n?/us/s??sti?.n?/apoemthat has 39linesand acomplicatedpatternofrepeatinglines:Itaughtmyself to write haikus,sonnets, and sestinas.

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• You can write a sestina on anysubjectyouchoose.
• A sestina is anidealformto use if youwantto write about asituationwhere you aretrappedorhelplessorlost.
• The sestina has sixstanzas, eachcomprisingsix unrhymedlines, in which the words at the end of the first stanza’slinesreappearin arollingpatternin the otherstanzas.

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(Definition ofsestinafrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus? Cambridge University Press)#https://dictionary.cambridge.org//dictionary/english/sestina##