English sestet

The English sestet is a stanza form used in English poetry.

Form
The English sestet is a 6-line stanza (sestet) with the first 4 lines in cross rhyme, followed by a Couplet|fhyming couplet: that is, with a rhyme scheme of A-B-A-B-C-C. It can be in any meter, though Iambic tetrameter and Iambic pentameter are the most commonly used.

Examples

 * 1) To Her Who Passes / Maurice Browne