[Italian sonnet] n (1879): 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
ITALIAN SONNET
Meaning of ITALIAN SONNET in English
Merriam-Webster English vocab. Английский словарь Merriam Webster. 2012