"sonnet on the great suffering of jesus christ" is one of the best poems of the genre in 17th century polish poetry. it follows the rules of italian sonnet. it is made up of 11-syllable lines. all italian sonnets were written in "endecasillabo" that is 11-syllable metre. the rhyme scheme is the most classical. there are only four rhymes. the scheme is abba abba cdc dcd.