Day 101:

Oct 9-Petrarchan Sonnet, - abba abba then cdc dcd or cdc cde. By Petrarch, perfected love originally from Giacomo Lentini.

Other versions:cddcdd, cddece, cddcdd, cddede.

A love sonnet, Italian, you see

From Giacomo Lentini, you know

The inspiration love bequests to show

Petrarchan Sonnets model perfectly.

But Petrarch added more to make it free

The octave abba then does grow

Another abba to then sew

Your poem into something  shown with glee.

The octave followed by sestet reply

Add cdccde if you may

Or cdcdcd to say bye.

But if you choose another sestet, why

It’s fine to do. It’s flexible ,that’s why,

And now you know the Petrarchan Sonnet.