Lexicographical Neighbors of Sestette
Literary usage of Sestette
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Versification for the Use of Students by James Challis Parsons (1891)
"In the sestette there is more liberty in the rhymes; there may be two or three
... It is not considered correct, in this strict form, for the sestette to ..."
2. Elements of Composition and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both by Virginia Waddy (1889)
"The octave is joined to the sestette by a close grammatical structure. The sestette
is not fixed in its form, but the following sonnet by Milton illustrates ..."
3. Elements of Compositon and Rhetoric: With Copious Exercises in Both by Virginia Waddy (1889)
"The octave is joined to the sestette by a close grammatical structure. The sestette
is not fixed in its form, but the following sonnet by Milton illustrates ..."
4. A Handbook of Poetics, for Students of English Verse by Francis Barton Gummere (1913)
"The rimes follow Petrarch's rule of four different vowel- sounds, and the whole
is divided into two unequal parts, the octave and sestette. ..."
5. A Manual of Composition and Rhetoric: A Textbook for Schools and Colleges by John Seely Hart (1874)
"The Minor division consists of six lines, called the sestette, and has sometimes
three rhymes, ... The sestette is not so fixed and rigid in its structure. ..."
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