An approach to the hexagonal muwashah poem "Sestina" For the American poet Elizabeth Bishop: The traditional form is a therapeutic strategy for the pain and distress of loss
Abstract
The hexagonal mawshah poem is one of the most famous poems in modern American literature and consists of 33 verses divided into six syllables, each of the six syllables ending in a three-line syllable and each of the six syllables ending with a word repeated in a useful pattern throughout all six syllables.