Alternating Sonnet
| Type: | | Structure, Metrical Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement,
Isosyllabic, Simple, Pivot Requirement | | |
| Description: | | Tercets alternate with the quatrains. | | |
| Origin: | | French | | |
| Schematic: | | Rhyme: abba/ccd/abba/ede or
ccd/abba/ede/abba or
similar parsing of other sonnet rhyme schemes.
Metrical: Usually Iambic Pentameter
Pivot: Line 8, 11, or 12 | | |
| Rhythm/Stanza Length: | | 14 | | |
| Line/Poem Length: | | 14 | | |
| See Also: | | Accentual-Syllabic Verse, French Sonnet, Iambic Pentameter, Petrarchan Sonnet, Sonnet | | |
| Status: | | Incomplete | | |
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