Definitions of sestet in English
noun
(1) The cardinal number that is the sum of five and one
(2) Six performers or singers who perform together
(3) A set of six similar things considered as a unit
(4) A musical composition written for six performers
(5) A rhythmic group of six lines of verse
Examples of sestet in English
(1) The beginning octave of this sonnet fits poorly with the sestet .
(2) In the sestet we hear his revealingly equivocal reply to the proffered charge of aloofness.
(3) Or as Grafton puts it, in rhyming sestets , the footnote has the power to u2018buttress and undermine, at one and the same timeu2019.
synonyms of sestet
sextette
sextet
