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Definition of Sextain
1. n. A stanza of six lines; a sestine.
Definition of Sextain
1. Noun. (poetry) A stanza of six lines; a sestine. ¹
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Definition of Sextain
1. a stanza of six lines [n -S]
Literary usage of Sextain
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1916)
"sextain. The heaven doth not contain so many stars, So many leaves not prostrate
lie in woods, When autumn's old, and Boreas sounds his wars, So many waves ..."
2. The English Poets: Selections by Thomas Humphry Ward, Matthew Arnold (1880)
"... And I first got a pledge of promis'd grace: But, ah ! what serv'd it to be
happy so, Sith passed pleasures double but new woe? sextain. ..."
3. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Thomas Humphry Ward (1880)
"sextain. The heaven doth not contain so many stars, So many leaves not prostrate
lie in woods, When autumn's old, and Boreas sounds his wars, So many waves ..."
4. The English Poets by Thomas Humphry Ward (1885)
"sextain. The heaven doth not contain so many stars, So many leaves not prostrate
lie in woods, When autumn's old, and Boreas sounds his wars, So many waves ..."
5. The English Poets: Selections with Critical Introductions by Various Writers by Thomas Humphry Ward (1905)
"sextain. The heaven doth not contain so many stars, So many leaves not prostrate
lie in woods, When autumn's old, and Boreas sounds his wars, So many waves ..."
6. The English Poets by Matthew Arnold (1882)
"sextain. The heaven doth not contain so many stars, So many leaves not prostrate
lie in woods, When autumn 's old, and Boreas sounds his wars, So many waves ..."
7. English Verse by William James Linton, Richard Henry Stoddard (1883)
"sextain. Sith gone is my delight and only pleasure, The last of all my hopes,
the cheerful sun That clear'd my life's dark day, Nature's sweet treasure ..."
8. English Verse by Richard Henry Stoddard, William James Linton (1883)
"And whilst kings' tombs with laurels flourish green, Thine shall with myrtles
and these flowers be seen. sextain. Sith gone is my delight and only pleasure ..."
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