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The Petrarchan (or Italian) sonnet structure became immensely popular among Renaissance poets such as P.C. Hooft. How is a classic Petrarchan sonnet structurally divided?

Three quatrains and a rhyming couplet (abab cdcd efef gg). An octave (two quatrains) and a sestet (two tercets), separated by a volta (wending or voltaic turn). Four stanzas of five lines each with a fixed refrain line. Fourteen unrhymed lines in free verse with changing rhythmic meters.

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An octave (two quatrains) and a sestet (two tercets), separated by a volta (wending or voltaic turn).

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