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Petrarchan Sonnet Definition | What is Petrarchan Sonnet? - PoetrySoup

Definition

[n] a sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd

See sonnet.

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Synonyms

Italian sonnet

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