For there she was, no doubt of it, wild with excitement to report the splendid success of the great sestet, the production of which had been the event of the musical gathering she had come from.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan
It is divided into two parts: the first consisting of an octave or double quatrain, and the other of a sestet.
"Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism"
F. V. N. Painter
The rhymes of the first two quatrains are usually the same; those of the sestet are variously arranged.
"Elementary Guide to Literary Criticism"
F. V. N. Painter