English Literature A-Level
Italian sonnet
What Italian sonnet means in English Literature A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Italian sonnet
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
A form whose octave and sestet, with ABBAABBA CDEECD rhyme and mainly iambic pentameter, give formal control to the scornful voice.
Topics that use Italian sonnet
- Component 3: Poetry – Section B: Specified Poetry Pre- or Post-1900 – Pre-1900 – The Victorian Period – Christina Rossetti Selected Poems, editor Dinah Roe (Penguin, 2008) (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
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