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ITALIAN SONNET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Italian sonnet mean?
• ITALIAN SONNET (noun)
The noun ITALIAN SONNET has 1 sense:
1. a sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd
Familiarity information: ITALIAN SONNET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Italian sonnet; Petrarchan sonnet
Hypernyms ("Italian sonnet" is a kind of...):
sonnet (a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme)
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