Petrarchan sonnet

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Petrarchan sonnet

A sonnet containing an octave with the rhyme scheme abbaabba and a sestet following any of various patterns such as cdecde or cdcdcd. Also called Italian sonnet.

[After Francesco Petrarch.]

Petrarchan sonnet

(Literature / Poetry) a sonnet form associated with the poet Petrarch, having an octave rhyming a b b a a b b a and a sestet rhyming either c d e c d e or c d c d c d Also called Italian sonnet

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Petrarchan 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

sonnet - a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

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