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In a Petrarchan sonnet how many lines does an octave contain?

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Im pretty sure that it is 8 lines.
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Answer:

Eight

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An octave consists of eight lines of verse, which are usually iambic pentameter in English and hendecasyllables in Italian. The octave is the first section of a Petrarchan sonnet, which is then followed by a sestet (six lines). The Petrarchan sonnet is a type of poem that was popular throughout the Renaissance, and was extensively used by the Italian poet Petrarch.

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