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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ottava rima | ottava rima is an eight-line poetic stanza originating in 14th-century Italy, characterized by an abababcc rhyme scheme |
| sestina | a complex, 39-line French poetic form comprising six stanzas of six lines each, followed by a three-line closing |
| sonnet | a structured 14-line poem, originating in 13th-century Italy, typically written in iambic pentameter with a strict rhyme scheme |
| sonnet, Italian (or Petrarchan) | a 14-line poem, divided into an eight-line octave (rhyming ABBAABBA) and a six-line sestet (rhyming CDECDE or CDCDCD) |
| sonnet, Shakespearean | 4-line poem written in iambic pentameter with a strict rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg |
| villanelle | highly structured, 19-line poem of French origin, characterized by five tercets followed by a quatrain, utilizing only two rhymes throughout |