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As a writer of sonnet, Philip Sydney was influenced by .......................

APetrarch

BShakespeare

CMilton

DChaucer

Answer:

A. Petrarch

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  • The Petrarchan sonnet, perfected by the Italian poet Petrarch, divides the 14 lines into two sections: an eight-line stanza (octave) rhyming ABBAABBA, and a six-line stanza (sestet) rhyming CDCDCD or CDECDE.


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