A History of Short Words

From the New York Times Crossword Puzzle

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Mon, 18 Dec '23
Six lines in a sonnet
Sat, 18 Feb '23
Octave follower in a Petrarchan sonnet
Tue, 22 Mar '22
Six-line stanza
Sat, 8 May '21
Walt Whitman wrote one beginning "Lo, 'tis autumn"
Sat, 6 Feb '21
Octave's follower in a Petrarchan sonnet