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Sestinas have been around since the 16th century and its invention has oftenbeen attributed to the poet trabadour Arnaut Daniel. It fell into disuse until the 16th centory, when it was revived by Ferdinand, Comte de Gramount who wrote a large number of sestinas. A sestina is an odd, usually unrhymed, form of French poetry that has been around since the 12th century which is composed of six six line stanzas and an ending three line stanza.

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