Verse form used by Dante (7)
I believe the answer is:
sestina
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">verse form used by dante</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is all the clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for sestina that I've seen before include "Old verse form" , "poetic structure" , "Form of poem" , "Bit of poetry" , "six-line stanza" .)