8 for one part 4 for the volta (the turn on the starting theme and a concluding couplet. The 8 line intro plus the 6 line ending comprise the body. Different rhyming schemes are possible when setting one against the other the ababab would be alternating rhyme abba bccb cddc ee is an example of the complete body 14lines. Please see what I wrote to Cal after she posted her entry on the entry thread. Some sonnet forms try abab cdcd abcd ee that'll work. How about abba bccb cdcd ee variances...don't ya love variances from rules cut in stone?