<P> The Petrarchan sonnet is a sonnet form not developed by Petrarch himself , but rather by a string of Renaissance poets . Because of the structure of Italian , the rhyme scheme of the Petrarchan sonnet is more easily fulfilled in that language than in English . The original Italian sonnet form divides the poem 's 14 lines into two parts , the first part being an octave and the second being a sestet . </P>
what is the structure of an italian sonnet
original Italian sonnet form divides the poem 's 14 lines into two parts first part being an octave second being a sestet