What's the difference between quatrain and sestet?

Quatrain


Definition:

  • (n.) A stanza of four lines rhyming alternately.

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Sestet


Definition:

  • (n.) A piece of music composed for six voices or six instruments; a sextet; -- called also sestuor.
  • (n.) The last six lines of a sonnet.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Sonnets, one should note in passing, are hard to read – particularly as they move on to the “sestet”, or last six lines.

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