SESTINA

A French syllabic poem of 39 lines with repeating end words. The thirty-nine lines are divided into six sestets and one tercet. The tercet is called the envoi. The six end words are picked and reused in a particular order. Lines can be of any single length; the length is determined by the poet. The end words shift according to the following pattern:

1
2
3
4
5
6

6
1
5
2
4
3

3
6
4
1
2
5

5
3
2
6
1
4

4
5
1
3
6
2

2
4
6
5
3
1


TERCET:
1 2
3 4
5 6