sextain

Definitions


[], (Noun)

Definitions:
- In early use: = "sestina". Later also more generally: any stanza or poem consisting of six lines.


Phrases:

Origin:
early 17th century; earliest use found in William Drummond (1585–1649), poet and pamphleteer. Alteration of sextine, after quatrain, quintain, etc




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