How do the first quatrain and the couplet contribute to knowing the theme of the sonnet?
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How do the first quatrain and the couplet contribute to knowing the theme of the sonnet?
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The octave has two quatrains, rhyming abba, abba, but avoiding a couplet; the first quatrain gives the theme, and the second develops it. The sestet is built on two or three different rhymes; the first three lines reflect on the theme, and the last three lines bring the whole poem to an end.