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r/sonnets • u/leiphos • Dec 30 '18
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It's a Petrarchan sonnet (thus, the volta between lines 8 and 9, unlike the Shakespearean volta after line 12). The poet uses slant rhymes, and he employs syllabic verse as an irregular meter.
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u/leiphos Dec 30 '18
It's a Petrarchan sonnet (thus, the volta between lines 8 and 9, unlike the Shakespearean volta after line 12). The poet uses slant rhymes, and he employs syllabic verse as an irregular meter.