Explore Sestinas through 6 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Sestinas meaning
plural of sestina
Using Sestinas
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of sestina
Context around Sestinas
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 4 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 6 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Sestinas
- In this selection, "sestinas" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, ends, though, two and may stand out and add context to how "sestinas" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1579 though sestinas were rarely and also ends sestinas where the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "sestinas" sits close to words such as aaas, aacc and aacs, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with sestinas
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A tercet also ends sestinas where the keywords of the lines before are repeated in a highly ordered form. (19 words)
The club is looking at exploring a variety of prompts, which range from structural types like sonnets or sestinas to thematic suggestions. (22 words)
William Drummond of Hawthornden published two sestinas (which he called "sextains") in 1616, which copy the form of Sidney's rhyming sestina. (22 words)
The invention of the form is usually attributed to 12th-century troubadour Arnaut Daniel ; after spreading to continental Europe, it first appeared in English in 1579, though sestinas were rarely written in Britain until the end of the 19th century. (40 words)
Shapiro 1980 p. 185 Although they appeared in print later, Philip Sidney 's three sestinas may have been written earlier, and are often credited as the first in English. (29 words)
Her piece, entitled “Quad Relay,” is a mural based on sestinas, a complex form of mathematical poetry structured by six stanzas organized in numbered sequences. (25 words)
Example sentences (6)
Her piece, entitled “Quad Relay,” is a mural based on sestinas, a complex form of mathematical poetry structured by six stanzas organized in numbered sequences.
The club is looking at exploring a variety of prompts, which range from structural types like sonnets or sestinas to thematic suggestions.
A tercet also ends sestinas where the keywords of the lines before are repeated in a highly ordered form.
Shapiro 1980 p. 185 Although they appeared in print later, Philip Sidney 's three sestinas may have been written earlier, and are often credited as the first in English.
The invention of the form is usually attributed to 12th-century troubadour Arnaut Daniel ; after spreading to continental Europe, it first appeared in English in 1579, though sestinas were rarely written in Britain until the end of the 19th century.
William Drummond of Hawthornden published two sestinas (which he called "sextains") in 1616, which copy the form of Sidney's rhyming sestina.