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  2. Petrarchan sonnet - Wikipedia

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    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 consists of a total of fourteen hendecasyllabic lines in two parts, the first part being an octave and the second being a sestet.

  3. Petrarch's and Shakespeare's sonnets - Wikipedia

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    The Italian or Petrarchan sonnet consists of two parts; an octave and a sestet. The octave can be broken down into two quatrains; likewise, the sestet is made up of two tercets. The octave presents an idea to be contrasted by the ending sestet. The particular quatrains and tercets are divided by change in rhyme.

  4. Sonnet - Wikipedia

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    The term sonnet refers to a fixed verse poetic form, traditionally consisting of fourteen lines adhering to a set rhyming scheme. [1] It derives from the Italian word sonetto (lit. ' little song ', from the Latin word sonus, lit. ' sound ').

  5. Sestet - Wikipedia

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    The first recognized and documented user of this poetical form was the Italian poet Petrarch. In the usual course the rhymes are arranged ABCABC, but this is not necessary.One example is from Srasimum's Sestet which has a rhyme scheme of AACBBC. "Solid Determination to Ultimate Goals" — Srasimum's Sestet by Nicola A. Viriditch

  6. Glossary of poetry terms - Wikipedia

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    Sonnet: a poem of 14 lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes; in English, they typically have 10 syllables per line. Caudate sonnet; Crown of sonnets (aka sonnet redoublé) Curtal sonnet; Petrarchan (or Italian): traditionally follows the rhyme scheme ABBA ABBA CDECDE; a common variation of the end is CDCDCD, especially within the ...

  7. Octave (poetry) - Wikipedia

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    An octave is a verse form consisting of eight lines of iambic pentameter (in English) or of hendecasyllables (in Italian). The most common rhyme scheme for an octave is ABBA ABBA. An octave is the first part of a Petrarchan sonnet, which ends with a contrasting sestet. In traditional Italian sonnets the octave always ends with a conclusion of ...

  8. Terza rima - Wikipedia

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    Terza rima (/ ˌ t ɛər t s ə ˈ r iː m ə /, also US: / ˌ t ɜːr-/, [1] [2] [3] Italian: [ˈtɛrtsa ˈriːma]; lit. ' third rhyme ') is a rhyming verse form, in which the poem, or each poem-section, consists of tercets (three-line stanzas) with an interlocking three-line rhyme scheme: The last word of the second line in one tercet provides the rhyme for the first and third lines in the ...

  9. On First Looking into Chapman's Homer - Wikipedia

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    This poem is a Petrarchan sonnet, [1] also known as an Italian sonnet. [1] It is divided into an octave (the first 8 lines introducing the problem of not reading Homer) and a sestet (the last 6 lines introducing the solution of Chapman’s translation and how it makes Keats feel). It follows a rhyme scheme of ABBAABBACDCDCD. [1]