HyperDic: english_sonnet

English > 1 sense of the expression English sonnet:
NOUNcommunicationEnglish sonnet, Shakespearean sonnet, Elizabethan sonneta sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg
English > English sonnet: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningA sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg.
SynonymsShakespearean sonnet, Elizabethan sonnet
BroadersonnetA verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

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