Question

How many lines make up the sestet of an italian, or petrarchan, sonnet?

a.six.

b.eight.

c.twelve.

d.fourteen.the answer is

a. six?

Answer 1

the answer is actually six, the kid below me ain't too bright, the entire thing is 14 lines, a sestet is made up of two sets of three lines, which is equal to SIX

i hope this helped.... just had to read about three paragraphs on the topic to find this out for myself.

Answer 2

A. Six

Step-by-step explanation

The Petrarchan sonnet has 14 lines with slightly flexible rhyme scheme.Octave represent the first eight lines that nearly follow an “abbaabba” rhyme scheme.The sestet has six lines with varying rhyme scheme.Therefore a sonnet has 14 lines, 3 quatrains and then a couplet or 8 line octet followed by 6 line sestet.