Challenge #27: Sestina Cantina
Title: Sestina Cantina
Challenge Type: Poetry
Further Details: This challenge is about writing a Sestina. A sestina is a form of poetry that follows a specific format. It usually consists of 6 x 6 line stanzas and 1 x 3 line envoy. (39 lines total) The end words of the first stanza are repeated as the end words of the other five stanzas in a specific pattern. The envoy uses two of the ending words per line in a set pattern.
Pattern:
If you label each end word in the first stanza with a letter (e.g. A, B, C, D, E, F), the end words of each stanza will follow this line pattern:
This site has a much clearer explaination with some tips and advice: http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Sestina
Example Sestinas:
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sestina/
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/dante_alighieri/poems/44
http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue197/sestina.html
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/176147
How to write Sestina's:
http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Sestina
http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/sestina.html
http://poetry.about.com/od/poeticforms/g/sestina.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/3721/poems/forms/sestina.html
http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue197/sestina.html
How to Submit: Post your poem to your own journal or wv_bookclub (make sure to follow the rules, ask a mod if you need help). Then use the form below to submit a link to your poem in your team thread.
Participation Points: 30 points
Voting (Y/N): N
Sig Tag/Sig Icon: +1 For a sigtag/team icon
Due Date/Time: Feb 19th, 11:59pm EST (Time Converter/Countdown)
If you have any questions please comment in the comment thread.
Title:
Rating:
Original/Fandom:
Pairings (if any):
Warnings (Non-Con/Dub-Con/RPF etc):
Summary:
Link:
Challenge Type: Poetry
Further Details: This challenge is about writing a Sestina. A sestina is a form of poetry that follows a specific format. It usually consists of 6 x 6 line stanzas and 1 x 3 line envoy. (39 lines total) The end words of the first stanza are repeated as the end words of the other five stanzas in a specific pattern. The envoy uses two of the ending words per line in a set pattern.
Pattern:
If you label each end word in the first stanza with a letter (e.g. A, B, C, D, E, F), the end words of each stanza will follow this line pattern:
- Stanza 1: A, B, C, D, E, F
- Stanza 2: F, A, E, B, D, C
- Stanza 3: C, F, D, A, B, E
- Stanza 4: E, C, B, F, A, D
- Stanza 5: D, E, A, C, F, B
- Stanza 6: B, D, F, E, C, A
- Envoy: AB, CD, EF
This site has a much clearer explaination with some tips and advice: http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Sestina
Example Sestinas:
http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sestina/
http://famouspoetsandpoems.com/poets/dante_alighieri/poems/44
http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue197/sestina.html
http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/176147
How to write Sestina's:
http://www.wikihow.com/Write-a-Sestina
http://www.shadowpoetry.com/resources/wip/sestina.html
http://poetry.about.com/od/poeticforms/g/sestina.htm
http://library.thinkquest.org/3721/poems/forms/sestina.html
http://www.bewilderingstories.com/issue197/sestina.html
How to Submit: Post your poem to your own journal or wv_bookclub (make sure to follow the rules, ask a mod if you need help). Then use the form below to submit a link to your poem in your team thread.
Participation Points: 30 points
Voting (Y/N): N
Sig Tag/Sig Icon: +1 For a sigtag/team icon
Due Date/Time: Feb 19th, 11:59pm EST (Time Converter/Countdown)
If you have any questions please comment in the comment thread.
Title:
Rating:
Original/Fandom:
Pairings (if any):
Warnings (Non-Con/Dub-Con/RPF etc):
Summary:
Link: