Like a traditional Petrarchan sonnet, the poem is divided into an octave and sestet. A sestet is also six lines of poetry forming a stanza or complete poem. The Italian or Petrarchan sonnet consists of two parts; an octave and a sestet. The octave and sestet have special functions in a Petrarchan sonnet. Wyatt employs the Petrarchan octave, but his most common sestet scheme is "cddc ee". The sestet answers the octave, but neither politely nor smoothly. The octave presents an idea to be contrasted by the ending sestet. For the sestet there were two different possibilities&colon; CDE CDE and CDC CDC. Petrarch typically used CDECDE or CDCDCD for the sestet. Lines nine through fourteen form a rhetorical sestet concerning the decay of the beloved. Frank believes that the last sestet, however, is not as "happy" as some may believe.