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Thursday, November 22, 2012
Alternating Sonnet
The Alternating Sonnet is one of the French adaptations of the sonnet. It employs alternating quatrains and tercets in either order. Order determines rhyme scheme.
Rhyme Pattern: abba/ccd/abba/ede or aab/cddc/ebe/cddc
Metrical, usually Iambic Pentameter
Volta at L8, L11, or L12
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