sestet

noun — 2 senses

sestet

noun

/sɛsˈtɛt/

Etymology From Italian sestetto, from sesto (“sixth”), Latin sextus, from sex (“six”).

1

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Music A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet or sestuor.

2

Communications, Journalism, Literature, Media, Poetry, Publishing, Writing The last six lines of a sonnet, forming two stanzas of three lines each.

Related terms
couplet, tercet, quatrain, cinquain, septet, octave

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