Meanings of sestet in inglés

Within the Petrarchan form's basic octave-sestet structure there are other sub-divisions possible.

The octave is made up of two quatrains and the sestet of two tercets.

The octave is sometimes said to consist of two quatrains, and the sestet of two tercets.

The sestet, though it contains but six lines, is more liberal in the disposition of its rimes.

In the sestet this is permissible, provided that there is not a riming couplet at the close.

In the sestet there are sometimes two and sometimes three rhymes; but in some way its two stazas rhyme together.

The first eight lines in technical language are called the "octave," the last six lines are called the "sestet."

Polyptoton, the device which repeats the same word in a different grammatical case, continues to enliven the emotional interplay in the sestet.

The sestet continues: Nevertheless, do not let the memory of me become a burden, especially if you ever learn what was in my living thoughts.

'The sestet of the Purcell sonnet is not so clearly worked out as I could wish.

(4) An examination of the rimes again will show that greater strictness prevails in the octave than in the sestet.

(5) Again, with reference to the rime, it will be observed that the vowel terminals of the octave and the sestet are differentiated.

Within the Petrarchan form's basic octave-sestet structure there are other sub-divisions possible.

The octave is made up of two quatrains and the sestet of two tercets.

The octave is sometimes said to consist of two quatrains, and the sestet of two tercets.

The sestet, though it contains but six lines, is more liberal in the disposition of its rimes.