This sestet is based off the popular Sicilian one and was often used by Shakespear, who used the sestet rhyming scheme in his sonnets. The prefered meter is iambic pentameter. The pattern is as followed:
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“A Star’s Shine”
Do you, dear, see that star above shine
Throughout the heavens bright and glorious?
Have you ever seen a star more fine,
Claiming the heavens so victorious?
I know my love for it to be so true,
For love, that star is half as bright as you.
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