1. the last six lines of a Petrarchan sonnet
Usage: poetry
2. a stanza or poem consisting of six lines
Usage: poetry

Examples

• The sestet of the sonnet provided a resolution to the problem posed in the octave.
• Shakespeare’s sonnets don’t follow the traditional octave-sestet structure.
• The poet crafted a beautiful sestet to conclude her Italian sonnet.
• In Petrarchan sonnets, the sestet typically rhymes CDECDE or CDCDCD.
• The sestet stood alone as a complete six-line poem.
• Students analyzed how the sestet answered the question raised in the first eight lines.