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What is the Rhyme Structure of Sonnets From The Portuguese 43?

What is the Rhyme Structure of Sonnets From The Portuguese 43?

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  1. This sonnet falls under the category of a Petrarchan sonnet. The 14 lines here are thus divided into an octave (first 8 lines) and a sestet (next 6 lines). Written in iambic pentameter, it follows the rhyme scheme ‘abbaabba’ and ‘cdcdcd’. 

     

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