How is a spenserian sonnet different from a petrarchan sonnet?
Score: 4.6/5 (11 votes) So, in a Petrarchan sonnet (we told you he'd come up again!), the lines are grouped into two: an octave (that means a group of eight lines) and a sestet (a group of six). In Shakespearean sonnetsShakespearean sonnetsWhen in eternal lines to time thou grow'st: So lon...