sextain

[ sek-steyn ]

noun

, Prosody.

1. a stanza of six lines.
2. sestina.

sextain

/ ˈsɛksteɪn /

noun

1. another word for sestina

Word History and Origins

Origin of sextain¹

1630–40; blend of two obsolete French words: sixain six-line stanza and sestine sestina

Word History and Origins

Origin of sextain¹

C17: from obsolete French sestine sestina , but also influenced by obsolete sixain stanza of six lines

Example Sentences

Some other sub-varieties of the sextain have rhyming final words in each stanza.

From Project Gutenberg

Besides this original form of the sextain several other varieties are met with in English poetry.

From Project Gutenberg