The Spenserian sonnet is unique in that the quatrains are interlocked by their rime. The rime scheme is given by abab bcbc cdcd ee with the volta always occurring at the final couplet. The sonnet is sometimes classified as Italian because it only has five rimes. However, the Italian sonnet does not has a rime-connection between the octave and sestet of which Spenser’s does with the c-rime. Spenser’s form was not very popular, but it is very beautiful.