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sonnet

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son·net  (snt)
n.
1. A 14-line verse form usually having one of several conventional rhyme schemes.
2. A poem in this form.

[French or Italian sonetto (French, from Italian), from Old Provençal sonet, diminutive of son, song, from Latin sonus, a sound; see swen- in Indo-European roots.]

sonnet
Noun
Prosody a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme and rhythm pattern [Old Provençal sonet a little poem]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sonnet - a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
poem, verse form - a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines
Italian sonnet, Petrarchan sonnet - a sonnet consisting of an octave with the rhyme pattern abbaabba, followed by a sestet with the rhyme pattern cdecde or cdcdcd
Elizabethan sonnet, English sonnet, Shakespearean sonnet - a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg
Spenserian sonnet - a sonnet consisting of three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab bcbd cdcd ee
Verb1.sonnet - praise in a sonnet
poesy, poetry, verse - literature in metrical form
praise - express approval of; "The parents praised their children for their academic performance"
2.sonnet - compose a sonnet
poesy, poetry, verse - literature in metrical form
poetise, poetize, verse, versify - compose verses or put into verse; "He versified the ancient saga"
Translations

sonnet [ˈsɔnɪt] nsoneto
sonnet [ˈsɔnɪt] nsonnet m
sonnet [ˈsɔnɪt] nSonett nt
sonnet [ˈsɔnɪt] nsonetto

sonnet
n sonnet [ˈsonit]
a type of poem with fourteen lines Milton's/Shakespeare's sonnets.sonnetسونيت: قَصيدة من 14 بيتاсонетsonetsonetdas Sonnetσονέτοsonetosonettغزلsonettisonnetסוֹנָטָהचतुर्दश पदी कविताsonetszonettsonetasonnettasonettoソネット14행시, 소넷sonetassonetssonetasonnetsonettsonetsonetoso­netсонетsonetsonetsonetsonettโคลง 14 บรรทัดซึ่งมีรูปแบบการสัมผัสตายตัวsone十四行詩сонетچودہ مصرغوں کی نظمbài thơ xonê, thơ 14 câu

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"Seldom we find," says Solomon Don Dunce, "Half an idea in the profoundest sonnet.
And what a charming sonnet he had sent her, with a box of violets, on her birthday
Early one evening, struggling with a sonnet that twisted all awry the beauty and thought that trailed in glow and vapor through his brain, Martin was called to the telephone.
 
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