: a stanza or a poem of six lines
specifically
: the last six lines of an Italian sonnet
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This 14-line pseudo-sonnet roughly follows the structure of a Petrarchan sonnet with its octave (first eight lines) stating a tension and the sestet (final six lines) including a volta (or turn).
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“Sestet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sestet. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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sestet
noun
ses·tet
se-ˈstet 
: a group of six lines of poetry (as the last six lines of a sonnet)
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