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sestina

ses·ti·na [ se stnə ] (plural ses·ti·nas)


noun 
Definition:
 
form of poem: a poem of six six-line stanzas and a three-line envoy, with the last words of the first six lines repeated, in different order, at the ends of the other lines

[Mid-19th century. < Italian< sesto (see sestet)]
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