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What is an example of a sestet?

Here's an example of a sestet, taken from the famous sonnet "When I Have Fears That I May Cease to Be" by John Keats:

"When I have fears that I may cease to be

Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain,

Before high-piled books, in charactery,

Hold like rich garners the full ripen'd grain;

When I behold, upon the night's starr'd face,

Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance;"

This sestet is the last six lines of the sonnet.

Here's why it's a sestet:

* It consists of six lines.

* It's part of a larger poem, a sonnet in this case.

* It typically has a distinct shift in tone or focus from the preceding quatrain. In Keats's sonnet, the sestet moves from a fear of premature death to a celebration of the power of imagination.

Let me know if you'd like more examples or want to explore other poetic forms!

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