sonnet
IPA: sˈɑnɪt
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.
verb
- (intransitive) To compose sonnets.
- (transitive) To celebrate in sonnets; to write a sonnet about.
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Examples of "sonnet" in Sentences
- The form of the sonnet is rhetorical.
- Some of the sonnets are moralistic fables.
- He was a prolific author of licentious sonnets.
- Giacomo is credited with the invention of the sonnet.
- The poet did not write the dedication to the sonnets.
- Ed arrives at the museum and gives Sandra the sonnet.
- This is one of the most pensive and gentle of the sonnets.
- The evocation of the Shakespearean sonnet works in English.
- The poem prefigures the flower language of the famous sonnet.
- In the sixteenth century, the sonnet became popular in England.
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