The sestina has enjoyed intermittent popularity in English writing and translation since the sixteenth century, and this selection highlights some of the varied ways the form has been used and adapted. - Summary by Newgatenovelist
Sestina of the Lady Pietra degli Scrovigni by Dante AlighieriSestina I – Similitudes of Love by Dante AlighieriSestina II – Similitudes of Love by Dante AlighieriSestina III – Similitudes of Love by Dante AlighieriOde II by Francesco PetrarchOde VIII by Francesco PetrarchSestina by Francesco PetrarchSestina by Francesco PetrarchSestina I by Francesco PetrarchSestina II by Francesco PetrarchSestina III by Francesco PetrarchSestina IV by Francesco PetrarchSestina V by Francesco PetrarchSestina VI by Francesco PetrarchSestina VII by Francesco PetrarchSestina VIII by Francesco PetrarchSestina by Francesco PetrarchPetrarch's First Sestina by Francesco PetrarchSestina from Petrarch by Francesco PetrarchSestina VIII by Francesco PetrarchDouble Sestina by Francesco PetrarchA Sestina on a Lover’s Hours by Francesco PetrarchCuddie’s Sestina by Edmund SpenserStrephon and Klaius by Philip SidneyAdgelastus’ Sestine by Philip SidneyFarewell by Philip SidneySestin I by William AlexanderSestin II by William AlexanderSestine 1 by Barnabe BarnesSestine 2 by Barnabe BarnesSestine 3 by Barnabe BarnesSestine 4 by Barnabe BarnesSestine 5 by Barnabe BarnesA Complaint by Francis DavisonSextain – The Heaven Doth Not Contain So Many Stars by William DrummondSextain – Sith Gone is My Delight and Only Pleasure by William DrummondSestine by Friedrich RückertA Sestina by James MewSestina by Edmund GosseRizzio’s Sestina by Algernon Charles SwinburneSestina by Algernon Charles SwinburneThe Complaint of Lisa by Algernon Charles SwinburneBeside the Sea by R. K. MunkittrickA Sestina by H. C. FaulknerCupid and the Shepherd by Clinton ScollardThe Voices of Spring by Elizabeth AkersSestina by Florence ByrneAn Island Pine by Elisabeth CavazzaLove’s Going by Charles W. Coleman, JuniorAn Explanatory Sestina by Henry Nesgarde JohnsonThe Stars by Agnes Mary Frances RobinsonPulvis et Umbra by Agnes Mary Frances RobinsonPersonality by Agnes Mary Frances RobinsonDorothy by Annie Eliza JohnsonThelga and Ethred by Harrison RobertsonThe Birthday by Richard GarnettFra Filippo Lippi and the Nun by Mary Anna Buck EvansAn Incident in the Crusades by Mary Anna Buck EvansDrake, and the Ransom of San Domingo - 1585 by Mary Anna Buck EvansThe Things I Love by John Lawrence SmithSestina by Timothy BarrettSestina of the Tramp-Royal by Rudyard KiplingSestina of the Red Heart and White World by John William LloydSestina by Charles Camp TarelliSestina – The Higher Scepticism by Charles Camp TarelliSestina – The Adventurers by Charles Camp TarelliTo the Forest by Eugene Lee-HamiltonHomes by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Bawling World by Charlotte Perkins GilmanA Dream of Gold by Charlotte Perkins GilmanSestina by Annie Lake TownsendIn the Autumn Woods by Charles Edward RussellSestina by Post WheelerSestina of Youth and Age by Gelett BurgessNew Hope by Charles F. JohnsonSestina by Ella Wheeler WilcoxRebel-Chimes by Ardeen FosterSestina by Victor ReeseSestina - A Song in Winter by W. M. JamesMid-Summer’s Eve by Stanley Matthews ClevelandSestina by Margaret ThomasSestina of the Yellow Rose by H. E. D.Sestina: Altaforte by Ezra PoundSestina for Ysolt by Ezra PoundThe Immortal World by Nina SalamanSestina of the Ardent Club Woman by Mary Eleanor RobertsBetwixt the Night and Day by Nels Dickmann AndersonLove’s Serenade by Nels Dickmann AndersonSestina of the Shuffling Feet by William Andrew MacKenzieSestina by Leroy Titus WeeksThe Sestina of Thoughtful Bill by Edward Benninghaus KennaA Rhymed Sestina by Dorothy Frances GurneyThe Sestina of the New Englander by Shirley HarveyThe Conqueror Passes by James Branch CabellThe House of Silence by Richard Butler GlaenzerNarcissus by Thomas Grant SpringerSestina by Mary Cromwell LowSestina of a Scamp Royal by John Francis GlynnSestina – The Reawakening of Desire by Dolf WyllardeSestina to Professor Gildersleeve on His Forthcoming Sonnets by Carol WightSestina by Henry Dumont
