Italian sonnet

American  

noun

1. Petrarchan sonnet.

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Italian sonnet British  

noun

1. another term for Petrarchan sonnet

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Etymology

Origin of Italian sonnet

First recorded in 1875–80

Example Sentences

Tercet, a group of three lines, especially in the sestet of the Italian sonnet, 102, 120.

From The Principles of English Versification by Baum, Paull Franklin

The kindred genius of Bürger favourably influenced his own mind and tastes, and moved him to make the first known attempt to naturalize the Italian sonnet in Germany.

From Lectures on Dramatic Art and Literature by Black, John

A few moments after something turned his thoughts in another direction, and he was discussing with Lady Stanley the translation into English of an Italian sonnet which he thought was badly done.

From Letters of a Diplomat's Wife 1883-1900 by Waddington, Mary King

There is a form of sonnet called the Shakespearean which differs in its arrangement from the Italian sonnet.

From Composition-Rhetoric by Brooks, Stratton D.

Thus an Italian sonnet of the strictest form is composed upon four rhymes, interlaced with great art.

From Sketches and Studies in Italy and Greece, Second Series by Brown, Horatio Robert Forbes