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In Poetic Forms
What is a sestet?
A stanza with six lines, better known as the last six lines of an Italian sonnet.
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What is a sestet stanza?
A sestet is a poem or stanza of six lines or the final six lines of a Petrarchan sonnet.
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What is an example of a sestet?
A sestet is the second part in an Italian sonnet that is six lines long. An example of a sestet in the sonnet "Soleasi Nel Mio Cor" by Petrarch starts with the line "They …weep within my heart; and ears are deaf" and ends at the end of the poem. (MORE)
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What is true about shakespeareans sonnets do they have to two section one with eight lines called octave and one with six lines called the sestet?
The eight line octave followed by a six line sestet is usually characteristic of a Petrarchan Sonnet. The Shakespearean sonnet is nearly always organised as four quatrai…ns followed by a couplet. So the easy answer to your question (and almost certainly the one your teacher wants) is: No. (MORE)
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In Poetry
What was the relationship of the sestet and the octave in a petrarchan sonnet?
In a standard Petrarchan sonnet the first eight lines form the octave - typically riming ABBAABBA. The next six lines form the sestet. There is more freedom of riming in… the sestet, but CDECDE is a typical pattern, and most sonnetteers avoid riming the last two lines together. Between the octave and the sestet there is usually a change in point of view, which is called the volta (Italian word for 'turn'). To give an example of how the volta works. In Keats' famous 'On first looking into Chapman's Homer' in the Octave Keats tells us what it was like for him before he had discovered Chapman's translation of the Odyssey. Then in the sestet Keats tells us what it was like reading the book for the first time. (MORE)
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A sestet has how many lines?
assuming you are writing a Shakespearian sonnet, the sestet has 6 lines. think of it like this: sestet, ses, seis seis is 6 in spanish, thats how i remember it
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What is the definition of a sestet?
A sestet is the name given to the second division of a Sonnet which must consist of an octave, of eight lines, succeeded by a sestet, of six lines.
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Why does a sonnet need a sestet?
The division into Octave and Sestet mainly applies to Petrarchan sonnets. In a Shakespearean sonnet the sestet is less important (sometimes not important at all). The Petrac…han sonnet works by taking two views of its topic. The main idea comes in the first eight lines (the Octave) then a slightly different point of view is presented in the closing six (the Sestet). The change of viewpoint is often called the Volta (and is really the defining feature of a Petrarchan sonnet). Poems can tend to be a bit one-sided, with the poet presenting his point of view - and the reader has to agree with this, or else find a different poem. (This is a huge problem with Italian Canzone or the early Renaissance - the sort of poem Petrarch was trying to react against; it is also a huge issue with most contemporary poetry). But because the Petrarchan sonnet has a Volta, it naturally presents two points of view. This means that instead of the reader being given the poet's opinion - on a take-it-or-leave-it basis - the poem itself invites the reader to think for herself (by weighing up the differences between the two points of view). This second-opinion aspect of the Petrarchan sonnet makes it enormously more difficult to write successfully, and quite a bit more challenging to read - compared with a standard 'Oh What a Beautiful Morning' type poem. But quite often a poem which makes you think for yourself is one which will stay with you longer This inherent dynamic quality of the sonnet is a main reason why the form has lasted so long, and has produced so many truly great poems. (MORE)