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   Sonnet
   A sonnet is a 14 line poem devoted to a single theme.
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   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 Petrarchan Sonnet
   The sonnet was originated by the Italian poet Guittone of Arezzo and then popularised by Petrarch (1304-74). The term sonnet derives from the Italian for 'little song'. The Italian sonnet has the following rhyme scheme:  a-b-b-a, a-b-b-a, c-d-e, c-d-e.
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   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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   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...
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   Sonnet
   a poem of 14 lines. May follow any rhyme scheme. Two examples of rhyme schemes: a.       Petrarchan rhyme: a b b a a b b a followed by two or three other rhymes in remaining six lines; b.       Elizabethan rhyme: a b a b c d c d e f e f g g
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   Sonnet
   Son'net 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 to chant a sonnet or hymn unto Apollo Pythius.» Holland. 2. A poem of fourteen lines, -- two stanzas, called the o ...
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   Sonnet
   Son'net intransitive verb To compose sonnets. 'Strains that come almost to sonneting .' Milton.
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   sonnet
   noun a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
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   Sonnet
   The term ``sonnet`` derives from the Provençal word ``sonet`` and the Italian word ``sonetto`,` both meaning `little song.` By the thirteenth century, it had come to signify a poem of fourteen lines that follows a strict rhyme scheme and logical structure. The conventions associated with the sonnet have evolved over its history. The writers of sonnets are sometimes referred to as `sonneteers,` although the term is sometimes used derisively. Many ...
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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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