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How is the Italian sonnet different from the Shakespearean sonnet?

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C. It contains a sestet.

Is indeed correct.

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Answer:

A- It contains a sestet.

Step-by-step explanation:

The Petrarchan sonnet is a sonnet with 14 lines and two subgroups- an octave and a sestet. The octave follows the rhyming scheme of ABBA ABBA and the sestet follows either CDE CDE or CDC CDC.

On the other hand, a Shakespearean sonnet have 14 lines with 4 subgroups, three quatrains and a couplet. Each line is phrased in an iambic pentameter and follows the rhyming scheme of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. There is no sestet in a Shakespearean sonnet.

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