noun. A group of six lines of poetry, especially the last six lines of a Petrarchan sonnet.

noun. A poem or stanza containing six lines.

noun. In music, same as sextet.

noun. The two concluding stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of three lines each; the last six lines of a sonnet.

noun. A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet; -- called also sestuor.

noun. The last six lines of a sonnet.

noun. A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet or sestuor.

noun. The last six lines of a poem.

noun. a rhythmic group of six lines of verse

noun. a musical composition written for six performers

noun. the cardinal number that is the sum of five and one

noun. six performers or singers who perform together

noun. a set of six similar things considered as a unit

"Notice the ways in which the problem/argument is posited in the octave and the solution/response is presented in the sestet; moreover, to further the problem/argument, Hopkins relies heavily upon cacophony in the octave but turns heavily to euphony in the sestet."

cinquain  couplet  octave  quatrain  septet  

composition  digit  figure  musical composition  musical group  

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sextet  

sestett  sestette  sestuor