Definitions of Petrarchan sonnet
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a sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcdsynonyms: Italian sonnettype of:sonneta verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
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