A sestina poem is a verse form in which the poem consists of six stanzas of six lines each, which are followed by a 3-line envoi. So that gives a total of 39 lines.
Question: A sestina poem contains a total of _____.
Explanation: A sestina has six stanzas of six lines each. This is followed by an envoy (send off) of three lines. All of these are unrhymed. The same six end-words must occur in every stanza but in a changing order that follow a set pattern. The first line of the second stanza must pair its end-words with teh last line of the first. The second line of the second stanza must do this with the first line of the first and so on.
