What are the end words of the sestina 'Forage Sestina'?

• A. Daughter, friend, bread, mother, lover, and myself.
• B. Words, structure, wire, beam, wall, and room.
• C. A curved musical instrument played by ancient Egyptian priestesses in ceremonies.
• D. Power, agency, and transformation.

Answer: (B)

End words in a sestina are the six words that appear at the ends of lines and repeat in a fixed rotating pattern through the six stanzas and the final tercet. The correct set gives you six concrete nouns that can recur in a poem, maintaining a cohesive thread as the pattern cycles.

The six words listed as “Words, structure, wire, beam, wall, and room” fit this idea: they are six distinct, concrete terms that could plausibly serve as recurring line-enders throughout the poem. The other options don’t align with the form: one presents a mix that isn’t six end-words, another describes a single object, and another offers abstract concepts or personal pronouns that aren’t naturally used as a stable, repeating set of end words.