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Originally appearing in Volume V24, Page 702 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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SESTINA , one of the most elaborate forms of See also:

VERSE (from Lat. versus, literally a line or furrow drawn by turning the plough, from vertere, and afterwards signifying an arrangement of syllables into feet)

verse employed by the See also:

MEDIEVAL

medieval poets of See also:

PROVENCE (Provincia, Proenza)

Provence and See also:

Italy, and retained in occasional use by the See also:

MODERN

modern poets of Western See also:

EUROPE

Europe . The See also:

SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme on which the sestina is built was the invention of the See also:

GREAT

great See also:

TROUBADOUR

troubadour, Arnaut See also:

Daniel (d . 1199), who wrote many sestinas in the lingua di si .

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