Italian sonnet

Italian sonnet

n.

See Petrarchan sonnet.

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Italian sonnet

n

(Literary & Literary Critical Terms) another term for Petrarchan sonnet

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Petrar′chan son′net

n.

a sonnet form, popularized by Petrarch, consisting of an octave rhyming abbaabba, and a sestet usu. rhyming cdecde or cdcdcd.

Also called Italian sonnet.

[1905–10]

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Italian sonnet - a sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd Petrarchan sonnet sonnet - a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

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