The original Italian sestet had no meter, yet when Spenser introduced it to England, the poets tended to use iambic tetrameter or pentameter. The rhyme scheme would be as followed: a.b.c.a.b.c.
“Hilltop Awakening”
On top of hilltop, I look down
to land below and gaze upon
Such treasures that would stir the soul
To point of rejoicing renown
As flowers for the sun at dawn
I rise up like a newborn foul
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