A Petrarchan sonnet consists of an octave (eight-line stanza) and a sestet (six-line stanza). The rhyme scheme is usually abbaabba cdcdcd. A Shakespearean sonnet consists of three quatrains (four-line stanzas) and a final rhyming couplet (two-line stanza | Literature and literary devices

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A Petrarchan sonnet consists of an octave (eight-line stanza) and a sestet (six-line stanza). The rhyme scheme is usually abbaabba cdcdcd. A Shakespearean sonnet consists of three quatrains (four-line stanzas) and a final rhyming couplet (two-line stanza

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A Petrarchan sonnet consists of an octave (eight-line stanza) and a sestet (six-line stanza). The rhyme scheme is usually abbaabba cdcdcd. A Shakespearean sonnet consists of three quatrains (four-line stanzas) and a final rhyming couplet (two-line stanza). The rhyme scheme is usually abab cdcd efef gg.

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