Sonnet
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈsɒnɪt/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Sonnet is a noun meaning (intransitive) To compose sonnets.
Meaning
(intransitive) To compose sonnets.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To celebrate in sonnets; to write a sonnet about.
- A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes.
Example Sentences
strains that come almost to sonneting
Word Forms
- sonnets
- sonneting
- sonnetting
- sonneted
- sonnetted
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include poem, ode, lyric, verse, quatorzain, poesy.
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