sestet

IPA: sɛstˈɛt

noun

  • (music) A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet or sestuor.
  • (poetry) The last six lines of a sonnet, forming two stanzas of three lines each.
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Examples of "sestet" in Sentences

  • The above sestet draws a fairly specific moral.
  • It's the whole of the sestet, less the final couplet.
  • The paradox is carried over and developed further in the sestet.
  • The octave presents an idea to be contrasted by the ending sestet.
  • The octave and sestet have special functions in a Petrarchan sonnet.
  • A sestet is also six lines of poetry forming a stanza or complete poem.
  • A 'sestet' is also six lines of poetry forming a stanza or complete poem.
  • My name is actually Natalie Marie, but feel free to call me Sestet if you wish.

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