Petrarchan sonnet

The Petrarchan sonnet, also known as the Italian sonnet, is a sonnet named after the Italian poet Francesco Petrarca,^[1] although it was not developed by Petrarch himself, but rather by a string of Renaissance poets.^[2] Because of the structure of Italian, the rhyme scheme of the Petrarchan sonnet is more easily fulfilled in that language than in English. The original Italian sonnet form consists of a total of fourteen hendecasyllabic lines in two parts, the first part being an octave and the second being a sestet.

^ "Petrarchan Sonnet: Rhyme Scheme, Format & Example Poems". study.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
^ Spiller, Michael R. G. The Development of the Sonnet: An Introduction. London: Routledge, 1992. 5 Dec. 2015.

[1] "Petrarchan Sonnet: Rhyme Scheme, Format & Example Poems". study.com. Archived from the original on 22 September 2020. Retrieved 15 November 2020.

[Spiller-2] Spiller, Michael R. G. The Development of the Sonnet: An Introduction. London: Routledge, 1992. 5 Dec. 2015.

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