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sestet
sestet [ se stét ] (plural sestets)


noun 
Definition:
 
six lines of poetry: a stanza or poem of six lines, especially the last six lines of a Petrarchan sonnet
[Early 19th century. < Italian sestetto< sesto 'sixth' < Latin sextus]
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