Petrarchan sonnet Petrarchan sonnet The Petrarchan sonnet is a sonnet form not developed by Petrarch himself, but rather by a string of Renaissance poets. 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 divides the poem's 14 lines into two parts, the first part being an octave and the second being a sestet. The rhyme scheme for the octave is typically ABBAABBA. The sestet is more flexible. Petrarch typically used CDECDE or CDCDCD for the sestet. Some other possibilities for the sestet include
Sonnet 100 3rd line exhibits a common metrical variant, the initial reversal, which is also present in lines 4, 7, and potentially 9: The 13th line generates a somewhat complex rhythm, incorporating an initial "and" a mid-line reversal, as well as two non-ictic stresses ("love" and "wastes"): Sonnet 100 Sonnet 100 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare. It is a member of the Fair Youth sequence, in which the poet expresses his love towards a young man. Sonnet 100 is an English or Shakespearean sonnet. The English sonnet has three quatrains, followed by a