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sestet [sɛˈstɛt] n
1. (Literature / Poetry) Prosody the last six lines of a Petrarchan sonnet 2. (Literature / Poetry) Prosody any six-line stanza 3. (Music, other) another word for sextet [1] [from Italian sestetto, from sesto sixth, from Latin sextus, from sex six] ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
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Wyatt, it should be observed, generally departs from the Petrarchan rime-scheme, on the whole unfortunately, by substituting a third quatrain for the first four lines of the sestet. |
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