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1. (n.) sonnet
a poem, properly expressive of a single idea or sentiment, of 14 lines, usu. in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged in a fixed scheme, being in the Italian form divided into a major group of eight lines followed by a minor group of six lines and in a common English form into three quatrains followed by a couplet.
Etymology: (1550–60; < It sonnetto < OPr sonet=son poem (< L sonussound1) +-et -et)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) sonnet
a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
2. (verb) sonnet
praise in a sonnet
3. (verb) sonnet
compose a sonnet
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) sonnet
a short poem, -- usually amatory
2. (noun) sonnet
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
3. (verb) sonnet
to compose sonnets
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The Nuttall Encyclopedia |
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1. sonnet
a form of poetical composition invented in the 13th century, consisting of 14 decasyllabic or hendecasyllabic iambic lines, rhymed according to two well-established schemes which bear the names of their two most famous exponents, Shakespeare and Petrarch. The Shakespearian sonnet consists of three four-lined stanzas of alternate rhymes clinched by a concluding couplet; the Petrarchan of two parts, an octave, the first eight lines rhymed abbaabba, and a sestet, the concluding six lines arranged variously on a three-rhyme scheme.
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Sense: a type of poem with fourteen lines
Milton's/Shakespeare's sonnets.
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 Afrikaans: sonnet |
 Arabic: سونيت: قَصيدة من 14 بيتا |
 Bulgarian: сонет |
 Brazilian: soneto |
 Czech: sonet |
 German: das Sonnet |
 Danish: sonet |
 Greek: σονέτο |
 Spanish: soneto |
 Estonian: sonett |
 Farsi: غزل |
 Finnish: sonetti |
 French: sonnet |
 Hebrew: סוֹנָטָה |
 Hindi: चतुर्दश पदी कविता |
 Croatian: sonet |
 Hungarian: szonett |
 Indonesian: soneta |
 Icelandic: sonnetta |
 Italian: sonetto |
 Japanese: ソネット |
 Korean: 소네트, 14행시 |
 Lithuanian: sonetas |
 Latvian: sonets |
 Malay: soneta |
 Dutch: sonnet |
 Norwegian: sonett |
 Polish: sonet |
 Persian: غزل |
 Pashto: غزل |
 Portuguese: soneto |
 Romanian: sonet |
 Russian: сонет |
 Slovak: sonet |
 Slovenian: sonet |
 Serbian: sonet |
 Swedish: sonett |
 Thai: โคลง 14 บรรทัดซึ่งมีรูปแบ |
 Turkish: sone |
 Taiwanese: 十四行詩 |
 Ukrainian: сонет |
 Urdu: چودہ مصرغوں کی نظم |
 Vietnamese: bài thơ xonê, thơ 14 câu |
 Chinese: 十四行诗 |
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