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Sestina double

Form
Pronunciation

Understanding ARPABET Pronunciation

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The pronunciation guide uses the ARPABET phonetic system—the same system used in speech recognition and text-to-speech applications.

Vowel Examples:
AE1 = cat, bat
EH1 = bed, head
IY1 = see, me
OW1 = go, boat
UW1 = boot, do
Stress Numbers:
0 = no stress (unstressed)
1 = primary stress (loud)
2 = secondary stress (medium)
Example:
AH0 TH IY1 N AH0
= a-THEE-na (Athena)

The stressed syllable (marked with 1) is pronounced louder and clearer than others.

Quick Definition

A sestina double is an expanded 39-line form that interweaves two sestinas, doubling the end-word pattern for heightened complexity and echo.

Detailed Definition
A sestina double is an expanded variation of the traditional sestina, typically comprising twelve stanzas of six lines each followed by a three-line envoi, doubling the original form’s complexity while maintaining the intricate end-word rotation pattern that defines the classic sestina.
Example
Example in poetry:
A sestina double: a 72-line poem combining two sestinas (each with six 6-line stanzas and a 3-line envoi), where the second sestina reverses the end-word order of the first, creating a mirrored structure that explores contrasting themes like life/death or love/loss.
Additional Notes
Sestina double combines two sestinas sharing same end-words in different orders. Experimental expansion of fixed form. Requires mastery of standard sestina first. Rare tour-de-force. Related to sestina corona.
Also Known As
Double sestina Twin thirty-nine-liner Paired end-word poem Doubled sestina
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