Sestina: The Expanded Universe

Click 'select path' to create your own custom sestina-like pattern (a permutation yielding a full-cycle). Click on one position per stanza to design the path of the first element. Once all stanzas are complete, the full scheme is computed automatically.

Click 'browse paths' to browse through all possible full-cycle permutations for the current size (i.e. omninas, of which the sestina and queninas are special cases). You can change the sorting order by path, score (adding intervals of all arcs), or knots (number of arc overlaps), both ascending and descending. Clicking on one card imports it to the main page.