Quoc: The Petrarchan sonnet is a sonnet form not developed by Petrarch himself, but rather by a string of Renaissance poets. Because of the structure of Italian, the rhyme scheme of the Petrarchan sonnet is more easily fulfilled in that language than in English. The original Italian sonnet form divides the poem's 14 lines into two parts, the first part being an octave and the second being a sestet.

What is the structure of an italian sonnet?
HW Chung: OK, some thoughts:
The relevant information to answer the above question is: The original Italian sonnet form divides the poem's 14 lines into two parts, the first part being an octave and the second being a sestet. The answer is divides the poem 's 14 lines into two parts , the first part being an octave and the second being a sestet.