Sestina (Elizabeth Bishop poem)

Sestina (Elizabeth Bishop poem) Glossary

sestina

A poetic form composed of six sestets and a tercet, oriented around repeated end-words in a complex pattern

almanac

A book containing calendars, weather and astronomical patterns, and other general information

equinoctal

relating to the equinox (days of the year when day and night are of equal length)

foretold

predicted

hover

remain suspended in place

rigid

stiff; inflexible

marvelous

amazing; fascinating

inscrutable

impossible to interpret