SONNET

Sonnet

A sonnet is a poetic form which originated in Italy; the Sicilian poet Giacomo Da Lentini is credited with its invention. The term sonnet derives from the Italian word sonetto . By the thirteenth century it signified a poem of fourteen lines that follows a strict rhyme scheme and specific structure. Conventions associated with the sonnet have evolved over its history. Writers of sonnets are sometimes called "sonneteers", although the term can be used derisively. One of the best-known sonnet writers is William Shakespeare, who wrote 154 of them . A Shakespearean, or English, sonnet consists of fourteen lines written in iambic pentameter, ...

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sonnet

Noun

  1. 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.

Verb

  1. To compose sonnets.


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