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1. How does a Spenserian sonnet differ from a Petrarchan sonnet?
* The Spenserian sonnet contains a different number of lines.
* Spenser's sonnets were written as part of a sequence.
* The Spenserian sonnet sometimes has no break between the octave and the sestet.
* The Spenserian sonnet deals with love and the natural world.
2. Unlike the Petrarchan or Spenserian sonnet form, the Shakespearean sonnet form
* contains three quatrains and a couplet.
* is written in iambic pentameter.
* contains an initial octave and final sestet.
* concludes with an alexandrine.
* The Spenserian sonnet contains a different number of lines.
* Spenser's sonnets were written as part of a sequence.
* The Spenserian sonnet sometimes has no break between the octave and the sestet.
* The Spenserian sonnet deals with love and the natural world.
2. Unlike the Petrarchan or Spenserian sonnet form, the Shakespearean sonnet form
* contains three quatrains and a couplet.
* is written in iambic pentameter.
* contains an initial octave and final sestet.
* concludes with an alexandrine.