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Sardine

Type:  

Structure, Metrical Requirement, Rhyme Scheme Requirement, Simple, Pivot Requirement

 
Description: 

A sonnet that uses redondilla as a base. Each line is eight syllables and has the rhyme scheme abbacddceeffee or abbaabbaccddcc. It is also known as the Redondilla sonnet, the Napoleonic sonnet, or the Sonondilla.

 
Attributed to: 

“The Dread Poet Roberts”

 
Origin: 

American

 
Schematic: 
Rhyme: abbacddceeffee or abbaabbaccddcc
Line meter: xxxxxxxx or xX xX xX xX or Xx Xx Xx Xx
 
Rhythm/Stanza Length: 

14

 
Line/Poem Length: 

14

 
Examples: 

 
See Also:  

Petrarchan Sonnet, Redondilla

 
Status: 

Incomplete

 

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