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- noun Plural form of
sestet .
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Examples
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It is written in sestets of iambic tetrameter and trimeter.
Letter 17 1792
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And yet, most poetry still depends on literary forms with exacting requirements, such as haikus, sestets and sonnets.
Wired Top Stories Jonah Lehrer 2011
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Here, it is in three sestets and an separate couplet; the effect is that of an expanded sonnet.
Pamphilia, to Amphilanthus: A Sonnet Sequence from the Countesse of Mountgomeries Urania 1621
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In the Shakespearean sonnet, the sestets describe a problem or situation that is repeated in each sestet with some variation; the remaining couplet offers a summary, usually with a turn of thought. "
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In the Shakespearean sonnet, the sestets describe a problem or situation that is repeated in each sestet with some variation; the remaining couplet offers a summary, usually with a turn of thought. "
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