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sestet
[ se-stet, ses-tet ]
/ sɛˈstɛt, ˈsɛs tɛt /
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noun
Prosody. the last six lines of a sonnet in the Italian form, considered as a unit.Compare octave (def. 4a).
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British Dictionary definitions for sestet
sestet
/ (sɛˈstɛt) /
noun
prosody the last six lines of a Petrarchan sonnet
prosody any six-line stanza
another word for sextet (def. 1)
Word Origin for sestet
C19: from Italian sestetto, from sesto sixth, from Latin sextus, from sex six
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