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octave usually stating a proposal, proposition or problem sestet usually provide a resolution, with a clear break between the two sections
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Italian/Petrarchan sonnet
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___ means eight lines
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octave means eight lines
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Usually consists of abab ababa or abba abba for the octave and cdecde or cdccdc for the sestet
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Italian/Petrarchan sonnet
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___ means six ines
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sestet means six lines
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___ means turn
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volta means turn
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The 9th line contains a volta which signals the move from away from one of the 3 Ps and into the resolution or a change in mood or tone.
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Italian/Petrarchan sonnet
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___means four lines
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quatrains means four lines
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___means 2 lines
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couplet means 2 lines
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Rhyme scheme usually consists of abab cdcd efef gg
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English/Shakespearean sonnet
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The couplet (gg) in the final two lines usually has the volta in themes or images
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English/Shakespearean sonnet
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Three quatrains connected by the interlocking rhyme scheme and followed by a couplet
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Spenserian sonnet
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Has three quatrains and a couplet
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English/Shakespearean sonnet
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Rhyme scheme is abab bcbc cdcd ee
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Spenserian sonnet
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Does not require that the initial octave to have one of the 3 Ps that the sestet answers in the Italian sonnet.
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Spenserian sonnet
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