petrarchan sonnet

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A sonnet comprising of an octave and a closing sestet, following the rhyme scheme of either abba abba cde cde or abba abba cd cd cd or abba abba cce dde or abba abba cdd cee. The first type of sonnet. Also known as Italian sonnet
A sonnet containing an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba and a sestet of various rhyme patterns such as cdecde or cdcdcd. Also called Italian sonnet
a sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd
Italian sonnet
petrarchan sonnet

    Hyphenation

    Pe·trar·chan son·net

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () Named after Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374), an Italian scholar, poet, and humanist.
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