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The Sonnetina

This form is a shortened version of the Sonnet. It contains just 10 lines, and is comprised of two quatrains and a couplet. The couplet can be placed either after the two quatrains, or between them. As it is a shortened Sonnet I think the longer lines of pentameter should prevail. If the variation of the closing quatrain is used, the volta appears after the couplet, which acts as a kind of middle ground between the two quatrains. The rhyme scheme for the quatrains can be envelope or alternating (a,b,b,a, or a,b,a,b,) or they can be unrhymed.

The Couplet Sonnet

As the name suggests this variation is comprised solely of rhyming couplets. The rhyme scheme is self apparent. There is no discernable volta, but that can be left to the writer's discretion.