". . . then the annotation for both stanza 1 and 2 would be:
1 6
2 4
3 2
4 1
5 3
6 5"
John, that's not my understanding. This is what the first two stanzas of most sestinas I have seen looks like:
1 6
2 1
3 5
4 2
5 4
6 3
Then the same pattern continues. The first line of each stanza ends with the same word as the last line of the preceding stanza. So far we are in agreement. But the second line of each stanza ends with the same word as the first line of the preceding stanza. And the third line of each stanza ends with the same word as the last word of the second to last line of the preceding stanza, etc.
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