petrarchan sonnet

Italian or Petrarchan sonnets are divided into two main parts; an octave and sestet. Octave consists of eight lines rhyming abbaabba whereas sestet involves six lines rhyming either cdecde or cdccdc. Moreover, the rhyme...


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Well done, I love the Petrarchan sonnet and have written two so far. Sonnets do not drip off my pen with ease but with hard work and time so they number only seven. You are very gifted in sonnetry. LPF, Olan. Log in to Reply...
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This time, I tried my hand at a Petrarchan Sonnet. It consists of 14 lines with an ABBACDDC rhyme pattern for the first octave. The last 6 lines form a sestet which have some flexibility in rhyme scheme. A few of the variations...
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