PETRARCHAN SONNET


Meaning of PETRARCHAN SONNET in English

a sonnet form popularized by Petrarch, consisting of an octave with the rhyme scheme abbaabba and of a sestet with one of several rhyme schemes, as cdecde or cdcdcd. Also called Italian sonnet .

[ 1905-10 ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .