The Sicilian Sonnet

The Sicilian sonnet is a variation of the first form created by Giacomo da Lentini. The Sicilian sonnet consists of an octave in two Sicilian stanzas (a Sicilian stanza is any stanza in rima alternata) and a sestet in rima alternata.

The form is thus: abababab-cdcdcd

Identical rhyme (rhyming the same word) is common in the Sicilian sonnet. Voltas are not common in the Sicilian sonnet.