sestet

[ se-stet, ses-tet ]

/ sɛˈstɛt, ˈsɛs tɛt /

Prosody. the last six lines of a sonnet in the Italian form, considered as a unit. Compare octave(def 4a).

Origin of sestet

1795–1805; < Italian sestetto sextet, equivalent to sest(o) (< Latin sextus sixth) + -etto -et

I confess, though, that I did not know that Petrarch had made so frequent use of the 2-rhyme sestet.

The Letters of Ambrose Bierce |Ambrose Bierce
One of these must be in the octave and the other in the sestet.

The Circus, and Other Essays and Fugitive Pieces |Joyce Kilmer
The moderated tone of the piece is of very good effect after the ponderous length of the sestet.

Life Of Mozart, Vol. 3 (of 3) |Otto Jahn
Most critics prefer those forms of sestet which avoid a final riming couplet.

English Verse |Raymond MacDonald Alden, Ph.D.

The octet was finished and the first two lines of the sestet.

Orpheus in Mayfair and Other Stories and Sketches |Maurice Baring

sestet

/ (sɛˈstɛt) /

prosody the last six lines of a Petrarchan sonnet

prosody any six-line stanza

another word for sextet (def. 1)

C19: from Italian sestetto, from sesto sixth, from Latin sextus, from sex six