Petrarchan Sonnet

The Petrarchan Sonnet is a variation on the sonnet form created and named after Italian writer Francesco Petrarca.

The variant is usually composed in hendecasyllabe, and consists of an opening octave and a concluding sestet with any of several rhyme-schemes including:
 * a-b-b-a-a-b-b-a-c-d-c-d-c-d
 * a-b-b-a-a-b-b-a-c-d-d-c-d-d
 * a-b-b-a-a-b-b-a-c-d-e-c-d-e