Petrarchan sonnet

NOUN
  1. a sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd
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  • The form and content are as rigid and unchangeable as a Petrarchan sonnet or a Noh play, starting with a young person having a premonition of a catastrophic accident that saves the lives of a number of people, most of them from his own circle. Final Destination 5 – review
  • He wrote heartfelt petrarchan sonnets extolling his employers, and in 1551 wrote awestruck from the reconquered Pisa, while painting the ducal children: "I am continually with these most saintly sovereigns, and I rejoice in the blessed sweetness of so good and benign a prince. Bronzino's Medici portraits – review
  • He also comments, showing the novel's glinting humor, that an opposing team's warm-up drills are "as crisp as Petrarchan sonnets. Call Me Safe, Ishmael
  • He wrote heartfelt petrarchan sonnets extolling his employers, and in 1551 wrote awestruck from the reconquered Pisa, while painting the ducal children: "I am continually with these most saintly sovereigns, and I rejoice in the blessed sweetness of so good and benign a prince. Bronzino's Medici portraits – review
  • Romeo" means "pilgrim to Rome" and Mr. Goold's painstaking direction makes the most of the lovers 'word-playful exchange (in Petrarchan sonnet form, Act 1, scene V) where Romeo says, "My lips, two blushing pilgrims ready stand ... Energetic 'Romeo and Juliet' Triumphs
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