Although the sestina is of medieval French origin, attributed to Arnaut Daniel in the late twelfth century and used by other Gallic poets and by Italians including Petrarch and Dante (from whom it received its Italian name), […]
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Sestina
Synonyms for "sestina" (27 found)
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Translations
21 translations across 19 languages.
Catalan
1 entries- sextina noun (A highly structured poem)
Czech
1 entries- sestina noun (A highly structured poem)
Estonian
1 entries- sekstiin noun (A highly structured poem)
Finnish
1 entries- sestiini noun (A highly structured poem)
French
1 entries- sextine noun (A highly structured poem)
Friulian
1 entries- sestine noun (A highly structured poem)
Georgian
1 entries- სექსტინა noun (A highly structured poem)
German
1 entries- Sestine noun (A highly structured poem)
Greek
1 entries- σεστίνα noun (A highly structured poem)
Hungarian
2 entries- sestina noun (A highly structured poem)
- szesztina noun (A highly structured poem)
Italian
1 entries- sestina noun (A highly structured poem)
Polish
2 entries- sekstyna noun (A highly structured poem)
- sestyna noun (A highly structured poem)
Portuguese
1 entries- sextina noun (A highly structured poem)
Romanian
1 entries- sextină noun (A highly structured poem)
Russian
1 entries- сексти́на noun (A highly structured poem)
Slovak
1 entries- sestína noun (A highly structured poem)
Slovene
1 entries- sekstina noun (A highly structured poem)
Spanish
1 entries- sextina noun (A highly structured poem)
Swedish
1 entries- sestin noun (A highly structured poem)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
Would he let others toil to support him while he languished all afternoon over his sestinas?
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