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sonnet
noun(son-net)
a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme; also : a poem in this pattern
sonnet
noun(son-net)
a series of sonnets often having a unifying theme
sonnet
noun(son-net)
a sonnet consisting of three quatrains and a couplet with a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg —called also Shakespearean sonnet
sonnet
noun(son-net)
a sonnet consisting of an octave rhyming abba abba and a sestet rhyming in any of various patterns (such as cde cde or cdc dcd) —called also Petrarchan sonnet
sonnet
noun(son-net)
italian sonnet
sonnet
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english sonnet

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