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sonnet - What does it mean?

Definition of 'sonnet'

English

(wikipedia)

Noun

(en-noun)
  • A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes.
  • See also

    * poem * English sonnet * Italian sonnet * quatorzain

    Verb

    (en-verb)
  • To compose sonnets.
  • * Milton
  • Strains that come almost to sonneting .

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