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Petrarchan sonnet

Pe·trarch·an son·net (plural Pe·trarch·an son·nets)


noun 
Definition:
 
type of poem: a form of poetry that has an eight-line stanza with the rhyme scheme abbaabba followed by six lines with various rhyme schemes, usually cdcdcd or cdecde

[Early 19th century. After Francesco Petrarch]
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