This is a form that was most likly created by Francesco Petrarcha. It is the foundation of the Italian octave and is also used in the French and Spanish Octave. It consists of eight syllalbes and the structure is as followed:
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“Merciful Book”
Dearest book within my meek hand
How I hunger for your pages,
Story upon that so rages
I tremble in your wake so grand
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