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Reading Comprehension: Read the quoted parts carefully and answer the questions in English. Never did sun more beautifully steepIn his first splendor, valley, rock or hill;Never saw I, never felt, a calm so deep!The river glideth at his own sweet will:Dear God! The very houses seem asleep;And all that mighty heart is lying still!(From Wordsworth's sonnet Composed upon Westminster Bridge)
The sonnet follows strictly the Italian form. What is the feature of the Italian form of sonnet?
【正确答案】：

THE ITALIAN FORM OF SONNET CONTAINS AN OCTAVE WITH THE RHYME PATTERN ABBAABBA AND A SESTET OF VARIOUS RHYME PATTERN SUCH AS CDCDCD OR CDECDE.

【题目解析】：意大利十四行诗包含一个八行诗节，韵律为abbaabba和六行诗，韵律是cdcdcd或cdecde。