The Petrarchan sonnet is a sonnet structure, developed by Renaissance poets, consisting of an octave and a sestet. Its rhyme scheme, originating in Italian, is more adaptable to English poetry than other sonnet forms.
The Petrarchan sonnet is a sonnet form developed by Renaissance poets, characterized by an octave (eight lines) and a sestet (six lines). Its rhyme scheme, originating in Italian, is more easily adapted to English than other forms.
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| Back | The Petrarchan sonnet is a sonnet form not developed by Petrarch himself, but rather by a string of Renaissance poets. Because of the structure of Italian, the rhyme scheme of the Petrarchan sonnet is more easily fulfilled in that language than in English. The original Italian sonnet form divides the poem's fourteen lines into two parts, the first part being an octave and the second being a sestet. |
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