Italian sonnet
noun
: a sonnet consisting of an octave rhyming abba abba and a sestet rhyming in any of various patterns (such as cde cde or cdc dcd)
called also Petrarchan sonnet
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“Italian sonnet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Italian%20sonnet. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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