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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A sonnet containing an octave with the rhyme scheme abbaabba and a sestet following any of various patterns such as cdecde or cdcdcd.
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- noun A sonnet comprising of an
octet and a closingsestet , following the rhyme scheme of either abba abba cde cde or abba abba cd cd cd or abba abba cce dde or abba abba cdd cee.
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- noun a sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
[After Francesco Petrarch.]
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Named after Francesco Petrarch (1304-1374), an Italian scholar, poet, and humanist.
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