A sestina is a poetry form with six stanzas of six lines each and a short three lined stanza at the end called an envoi. Each line ends with one of six words.
I wrote "A Student's Sestina" about a student who would rather ride a skateboard than study. When I shared this with students, some said, "I didn't know that poetry could tell a story." We analyzed the poem for the elements of story: characters, setting, problem, and resolution.
To download a printable copy of "A Student's Sestina", please click here.
This poem is in School Poems for Poetry Notebooks. This eBook contains thirty-seven original poems.
School Poems for Poetry Notebooks is also available in my Teacher's Notebook store.
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