Function: noun
Date: 1613
: a sonnet consisting of an octave rhyming abba abba and a sestet rhyming in any of various patterns (as cde cde or cdc dcd ) ― called also Petrarchan sonnet
Function: noun
Date: 1613
: a sonnet consisting of an octave rhyming abba abba and a sestet rhyming in any of various patterns (as cde cde or cdc dcd ) ― called also Petrarchan sonnet
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary. Merriam Webster - Энциклопедический словарь английского языка. 2012