The last six lines make up a sestet and may consist be one of two rhyme schemes: 1) c d d c e e or 2) c d e c d e.Īs one may notice by now, the Petrarchan Sonnet consists of many rhymed lines, more than any other sonnet. The first eight lines create an octave, with the rhyme scheme a b b a a b b a. There is written, her fair neck round about,Īnd wild for to hold, though I seem to tame."
Who list her hunt, I put him out of doubt,Īs well as I, may spend his time in vain.Īnd graven with diamonds in letters plain I am of them that farthest cometh behind ĭraw from the deer, but as she fleeth afore,įainting I follow, I leave off therefore, The vain travail hath wearied me so sore. Whoso list to hunt, I know where is an hind, The Petrarchan Sonnet is fourteen lines long, consists of an octave and a sestet, and is written in iambic pentameter. Also referred to as the Italian Sonnet, the Petrarchan sonnet received its namesake as a tribute to the Italian poet Petrarch, who created the structure for it.
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