sonnet
sonnet definition
son·net (sän′it)
noun
a poem normally of fourteen lines in any of several fixed verse and rhyme schemes, typically in rhymed iambic pentameter: sonnets characteristically express a single theme or idea
Etymology: Fr < It sonnetto < Prov sonet, dim. of son, a sound, song < L sonus, a sound
transitive verb, intransitive verb
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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