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Title: The Sonnet


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The Sonnet
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  • 14 lines of iambic pentameter verse
  • Petrarchan sonnet
  • One octave made up of two quatrains
  • Rhyme is usually abba abba
  • One sestet
  • Rhyme is usually some version of cde

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  • 14 lines of iambic pentameter verse
  • Shakespearean or Elizabethan Sonnet
  • Three quatrains
  • Rhyme is usually abab cdcd efef
  • One couplet

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