PETRARCHAN SONNET


Meaning of PETRARCHAN SONNET in English

noun

Usage: usually capitalized P

: a sonnet composed of an octave rhyming abba abba and a sestet with two or three rhymes (as cdc dcd or cde cde ) — called also Italian sonnet ; compare english sonnet

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