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    PETRARCHAN SONNET

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    A sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcdplay

    Synonyms:

    Italian sonnet; Petrarchan sonnet

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

    Hypernyms ("Petrarchan sonnet" is a kind of...):

    sonnet (a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme)

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