Question

What is the structure of a Petrarchan sonnet?
A. fourteen lines divided into an octave and a sestet
B. fourteen lines divided into three quatrains and a heroic couplet
C. fourteen lines divided into an octave and two tercets
D. fourteen lines divided into a sestet and two quatrains

Answer 1

your guess?

Answer 2

I have no clue

Answer 3

you can't have NO clue ;)

Answer 4

a

Answer 5

It is A or C.

Answer 6

no I don't think it would be A. I think you are better off with C.

Answer 7

a sonnet form popularized by Petrarch, consisting of an octave with the rhyme scheme abbaabba and of a sestet with one of several rhyme schemes, as cdecde or cdcdcd. Expand. Also called Italian sonnet.

Answer 8

Still think C...?

Answer 9

okay go with A I guess.

Answer 10

Just double checking :)

Answer 11

:P