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Definition of Italian sonnet
1. Noun. A sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd.
Definition of Italian sonnet
1. Noun. Petrarchan sonnet ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Italian Sonnet
Literary usage of Italian sonnet
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Writers: An Attempt Towards a History of English Literature by Henry Morley, William Hall Griffin (1889)
"The Italian sonnet, first established by Peter de Vinea, resembled this ...
But the Italian sonnet was by no means the most complex of these contrivances. ..."
2. Poems by Samuel Rogers (1834)
"FROM AN Italian sonnet. LOVE, under Friendship's vesture white, Laughs, his little
limbs concealing; And oft in sport, and oft in spite, Like Pity meets the ..."
3. The Sonnet; Its Origin, Structure, and Place in Poetry: With Original by Charles Tomlinson (1874)
"In proceeding to an examination of the object and purpose of the regular Italian
sonnet, my illustrations will be take'n chiefly ..."
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