This is posted only for the specifications.  This poet having recently penned a Quartina, an Ocrina,  a Decrina and a Canzone has come up dry at the moment for inspiration for this 75 line poem.
Sidney's Double Sestina
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Type: | 
Structure, Metrical Requirement, End Word
  Requirement, Isosyllabic | 
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Description: | 
Sir Phillip Sidney wrote a double sestina where the
  pattern was just duplicated in verses 7-12, while his envoy had the scheme:
  5/2 3/4 1/6. At least he wasn’t as dotty as Swinburne. | 
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Attributed to: | 
Sir Phillip Sidney | 
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Origin: | 
English | 
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Schematic: | 
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123456 615243 364125 532614 451362 246531 
Envoy: 5/2 3/4 1/6. | 
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Rhythm/Stanza Length: | 
6 | 
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Line/Poem Length: | 
75 | 
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from <http://www.poetrybase.info/forms/002/270.shtml>
Thanks to Charles L.
Weatherford.
Related forms: Bina, Tritina, Quartina, Quintina, Sestina, Newman Sestina, Sidney's Double Sestina, Decrina, and Canzone.
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