  &yaº]bbt¶x?ééAvery	demandingfavoriteofpoetsisthesestina,invented¶xCbyArnaudDanielinthe13thcentury.(DanteputDanielintoHell¶x=inthe
"INFERNO,"butprobablynotbecauseofthe	sestina.)¶x<éé(RETURN)ÀééThesestinarepeatssixwordsattheendsof¶x
linesin¶xKsix6-linestanzasandinthemiddlesandendsoflinesina3-lineenvoy¶xB<--allina
prescribedorder.Read	ElizabethBishop's
"Sestina."¶x+éé(return)À¿·½bßÈTEST´ aÈSTAR7½bbKº]bbuHale	ChatfieldhasinventedaSMALLER	variationofthesestinafor¶x7youtoplaywith.ItiscalledaCANTONA.éé(RETURN)À¶x8ééThecantonausesthreerepeatedwordsinsteadofthe¶x/	sestina'ssix.éé(RETURN)ÀééTheyareusedat¶x3theendsoflines	accordingtothispattern:éé1é¶x2é3éé3é1é2éé2é3é1éé¶x,(RETURN)ÀééButitisn'toverwiththat!éé¶x4(RETURN)ÀééYoumustusethemeachoncemore--ina¶x6
concludingcoupletthatlookslikethis:ééwordword¶x7wordWORD3wordwordwordWORD2éwordwordwordWORD1¶x4wordwordwordWORD"X"ééWORD"X"(thefinalword)¶x.mustrhymewithWORD2.éé(RETURN)ÀééHereis¶x7asamplecantona("BirdsinSunlight"):éé(RETURN)Àéé¶x=BIRDSINSUNLIGHTééSlicingtheairtheycatch	fragmentsof¶x<	sunlight;éwewatchwhatthesetinyshapesdoécelebrating¶x?	distance.Weknowtheyarebirdsébutatthatheightwedon't¶x>seethemasbirds--ératherassomekindofeffect.Whatthe¶x7sunlightéandtheskyitselfhavedecidedtodoéthis¶x?morning.Andwhat	wonderfulthingstheydo--étheflickering;¶x>theflashing--indentifiableasbirdséonlyinbriefmoments;¶x?moreoftenchipsofsunlightéorofsky.Thebirds(giddyout¶x:of
character)doéimprovisations.Sunlight	approves;and¶x1wesmiletoo.éé(RETURN)ÀééThereisnospecial¶xBrequirementabouthowLONGthelinesmustbe.Theyshouldsimply¶x1beofapproximatelyequallength.éé(RETURN)Àéé¶x0AndYOUGUESSEDIT!éé(RETURN)ÀééI'dlikeYOU¶x0totryone.éé(RETURN)ÀééYoushouldprintthe¶x;instructionsandthesample.ééWouldyouliketoseethem¶xBagain?éé(ANSWER)À¹# yes please y ok okay sure·½b¸½&b&  ²a>ééTheItalian(orPetrarchan)sonnetdividesintotwoparts:¶xAeightlinescalledtheoctaveandsixlinescalledthesestet.é¶x<é(RETURN)ÀééTheEnglish(orShakespearean)sonnetdivides¶xDintoFOURparts:three	quatrains
(four-lineunits)andacouplet.é¶xBéYou'vereadShakespeare'sSonnet55;forafamousexampleofan¶xCanItaliansonnet,readMilton's"WhenIConsiderHowMyLightIs¶x>Spent"(oftenentitled"OnHisBlindness").ééNoticehowthe¶xFrhymeschemesofthetwotypesarefittedtothe	divisionsofsense.¶x3éé(RETURN)ÀééForlaterexamplesinEnglishread:¶xC	Shelley's"Ozymandias,"Frost's"NeverAgainWouldBirds'SongBe¶xFtheSame,"and	Cummings'"the	Cambridgeladieswholivein	furnished¶x6souls."éé(RETURN)ÀééHereisasampleofanItalian¶xDsonnetfromaprogrambyHale	ChatfieldwhichproducesMILLIONSof¶x1
variations	randomly:éé(RETURN)ÀééÈSONNET´ a¶xÈSTAR7éé(RETURN)Àéé¶