- The
Petrarchan sonnet, also
known as the
Italian sonnet, is a
sonnet named after the
Italian poet
Francesco Petrarca,
although it was not
developed by...
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given its
importance in Petrarch's Il Canzoniere, is also
referred to as
Petrarchan conceit. It is a
comparison in
which human experiences are
described in...
- that Spenser's
Petrarchan allusions and use of
Petrarchan precedents cannot be
reduced run-of-the-mill imitation. He
adapts Petrarchan models and uses...
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located at King's College, Cambridge.
Written with
fourteen lines in a
Petrarchan sonnet form, the poem is
divided into an
opening octet, and then followed...
- has a
total of
seven rhymes,
rather than the four or five
rhymes of the
Petrarchan sonnet.
Because the
second quatrain (lines 5–8)
consists of two independent...
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influenced by the Romantic-era
poetry of
Byron and Southey. The poem is a
Petrarchan sonnet with a
rhyme scheme of
ABABABCC DEDEFF. The poem
shows influences...
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rhyme scheme for an
octave is ABBA ABBA. An
octave is the
first part of a
Petrarchan sonnet,
which ends with a
contrasting sestet. In
traditional Italian sonnets...
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quatrain (what is
known as "enclosed rhyme") is used in such
forms as the
Petrarchan sonnet. Some
types of more
complicated rhyming schemes have developed...
- A
tercet may also form the
separate halves of the
ending sestet in a
Petrarchan sonnet,
where the
rhyme scheme is ABBAABBACDCCDC, as in Longfellow's "Cross...
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Barnabe Barnes (c. 1571 – 1609) was an
English poet. He is
known for his
Petrarchan love
sonnets and for his
combative personality,
involving feuds with other...
