OCTET before sestet, in Petrarch’s wake,
CAMEO, in first four lines, of the concern:
STRUTs heavily through four more, at stake.
MONEY, the resolution, drops after the turn.
Concise definition of the Italian sonnet at the blog of our fellow Quordle poet, Steven Robertson.
Even better, some Italian sonnets by Steven! https://notesbysteven.wordpress.com/tag/italian-sonnet/