One difference between the english sonnet and the italian sonnet is its
a. theme.
b. meter.
c. subject matter.
d. rhyme scheme.

The Italian sonnet is divided into an octave, which is eight lines, and a sestet, which is six lines.
The English sonnet is divided into three quatrains, in other words, twelve lines, and a couplet.

The rhyme scheme for the Italian sonnet is a-b-b-a, a-b-b-a for the octave and either c-d-e-c-d-e, or c-d-c-d-c-d.

The Italian sonnet is divided into two parts.

The rhyme scheme for the English sonnet is a-b-a-b, c-d-c-d, e-f-e-f, g-g. The right answer is D, the rhyme scheme

D, the rhyme scheme.

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