In the sestet we hear his revealingly equivocal reply to the proffered charge of aloofness. |
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The beginning octave of this sonnet fits poorly with the sestet. |
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Polyptoton, the device which repeats the same word in a different grammatical case, continues to enliven the emotional interplay in the sestet. |
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The Petrarchan sonnet has an octet and a sestet, with a rhyme scheme of abba abba and cdcdcd. |
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The characterisation shifts in the sestet, heralded by that vivid antithesis of the grey Soul and the green World. |
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Metaphorical emphasis shifts in the sestet, while still harmonising with notions to do with leasehold. |
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We find a verse made by adding a quatrain to a couplet, a-b-a-b-c-c, a grouping which looks very like the latter part, the sestet, of a Shakespearean sonnet. |
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Petrarchan sonnets are typically composed of an octave and sestet rhyme pattern. |
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This sestet is sharpened by Robert's characteristic division of the six lines into two separate triplets, a structure favoured by Philip Sidney in Astrophil and Stella. |
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Wyatt employs the Petrarchan octave, but his most common sestet scheme is cddc ee. |
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