PETRARCHAN SONNET

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd

Synonyms:

Italian sonnet; Petrarchan sonnet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Petrarchan sonnet" is a kind of...):

sonnet (a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme)

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