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1. Sonnet
   A fourteen line poem usually in iambic pentameters (see meter) consisting of an octave and a sestet. The octave presents and develops the theme while the sestet reflects and brings the poem to a conclusion.
   Over the years there have been many variations upon the sonnet form e.g.
   Italian or Pet...
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2. sonnet
   [n] - a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme 2. [v] - praise in a sonnet 3. [v] - compose a sonnet
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3. sonnet
   Genre of 14-line poem of Italian origin introduced to England by English poet Thomas Wyatt in the form used by Italian poet noun [ French, from Italian sonetto , from suono a sound, a song, from Latin sonus a sound. See Sound noise.] 1. A short poem, -- usually amatory. [ Obsolete] Shak. « He had a wonderful desire t...
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4. Sonnet
   Son'net intransitive verb To compose sonnets. 'Strains that come almost to sonneting .' Milton.
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5. sonnet
   noun a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
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6. Sonnet
   • (v. i.) To compose sonnets. • (n.) A short poem, -- usually amatory. • (n.) A poem of fourteen lines, -- two stanzas, called the octave, being of four verses each, and two stanzas, called the sestet, of three verses each, the rhymes being adjusted by a particular rule.
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7. sonnet
   fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically five-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme.[8 related articles]
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8. Sonnet
   HMS Sonnet was a British Bayonet Class boom defence vessel of 530 tons displacement launched in 1939. HMS Sonnet had a top speed of 11.5 knots and was armed with a 3-inch anti-aircraft gun.
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9. sonnet
   in the Renaissance, a brief song or lyric of indeterminate rhyme scheme, but also a 14-line poem patterned on forms popularized by Petrarch, Wyatt, Surrey, Spenser, and Shakespeare. Samuel Johnson (1755) glossed his definition, 'It is not very suitable to the English language, and has not been used by any man of eminence since Milton.' • Caud...
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10. sonnet
    A fourteen-line lyric poem. In the Petrarchan form (Italian sonnet) we find two quatrains and two triplets (abba abba cdc dcd), in the Shakespearean or English sonnet the rhyme scheme is usually abab cdcd efef gg (rhyming couplet at the end).
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11. sonnet
    sonnet, poem of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, restricted to a definite rhyme scheme. There are two prominent types: the Italian, or Petrarchan, sonnet, composed of an octave and a sestet (rhyming abbaabba cdecde), and the Elizabethan, or Shakespearean, sonnet, consisting of three quatrains...
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12. Sonnet
    A sonnet is a fourteen line poem devoted to a single theme. Sonnets were first invented in Italy in the 13th century and were then a form of elegiac verse. They were perfected by Alighieri Dante and Petrarch, the regular or Petrarcan sonnet consisting of fourteen iambic lines of ten or eleven syllab...
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13. sonnet
    Genre of 14-line poem of Italian origin introduced to England by English poet Thomas Wyatt in the form used by Italian poet Petrarch and followed by English poets John Milton and William Wordsworth; English playwright and poet William Shakespeare wrote 14-line sonnets consisting of three groups of four lines (quatrains) and two final rh...
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14. Sonnet
    The `sonnet` is one of several forms of poetry originating in Europe mainly Great Britain and Italy and commonly have 14 lines. The term "sonnet" derives from the Occitan word sonet and the Italian word sonetto, both meaning "little song" or "little soun...
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15. Sonnet
    (song) "`Sonnet`" is a song by Britpop band The Verve and is featured on their third album, Urban Hymns. It was released 2 March 1998 as the final single from the album (see 1998 in British music). The song has the same instrumental layout as "The Drugs Don`t Work",...
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16. Sonnet
    (KDE) In KDE Software Compilation 4, `Sonnet` is a multilingual spell check program. Sonnet replaces kspell2 that was created for KDE3. The two main goals for Sonnet`s development were a simpler API, wider language support and performance. Notable improvements in Sonnet over kspell2 are External links :
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