Introduction

Basically speaking, in poetry a septet is a poem consisting of seven lines, and of any form or meter. It falls in-between the two ingredients of a sonnet, the octave and the sestet, and although a popular form for a short while has lost favour. One would suggest if this form had been popular with an English king rather than a Scottish one it would have achieved a greater popularity for a longer period, considering that it makes a far more balanced Sonnet form. It's probably a pity also that Chaucer didn't have as great an influence on the English court as Shakespeare did.
Rime Royal Each stanza
a. b. a. b. b. c. c.
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Rondelet A. b. A. a. b. b. A..
Lines 1, 3. 7. tetrasyllabic.
lines 2, 4, 6, octasylabic		 More Detailed Information
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Septet a. a. b. b. c. c. x..
Blank Verse, Free verse
or any meter		 More Detailed Information
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Sicilian Septet a. b. a. b. a. b. a.

Iambic Pentameter		 More Detailed Information
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Spanish Septet
or Septilla		 a. a. b. c. c. b. a.

no set form, later Iambic.		 More Detailed Information
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