There is no doubt that "Sestina" by Elizabeth Bishop is a master piece of a poem , and the title is what stands out with the poem and is known with the poem , but since sestina is also the name of a specific type of poem what would be another good name or title for this particular poem by the great Elizabeth Bishop? One title that would make a good rebirth of a name for this poem could be "September Rain" as the poem includes the words in the early parts of the poem and plus the poem itself takes place on a rainy melancholy filled day in september. It would make a good title to the poem also because september is the beginning of the gloomy sad seasons as most people see in imagery ways which goes along with the gloomy and melancholy filled theme in the poem "Sestina" by Elizabeth Bishop. Here is the use of the alterante option for a title "September Rain" used in the original title of the poem "Sestina" , "September rain falls on the house." A secondary option for another title for the poem "Sestina" by Elizabeth Bishop could be "Time to plant tears" as it goes along with the sorrow and lonely feeling in the theme of the poem and it is also used and mentioned here in the poem , "Time to plant tears , says the almanac."