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curtal sonnet

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Definition of curtal sonnet

: a curtailed or contracted sonnet specifically : a sonnet of eleven lines rhyming abcabc dcbdc or abcabc dbcdc with the last line a tail

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“Curtal sonnet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/curtal%20sonnet. Accessed 16 Sep. 2021.

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