Sonnet Definition

sŏnĭt
sonnets
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.
Webster's New World
A poem in this form.
American Heritage
verb

Sonnetize.

Webster's New World

(intransitive) To compose sonnets.

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Other Word Forms of Sonnet

Noun

Singular:
sonnet
Plural:
sonnets

Origin of Sonnet

  • French or Italian sonetto (French) (from Italian) from Old Provençal sonet diminutive of son song from Latin sonus a sound swen- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Italian sonetto

    From Wiktionary

Sonnet Sentence Examples

  • They introduced the sonnet and blank verse.

  • The laudatory sonnet composed by James VI.

  • As a sonnet writer none stands higher than Paul Szemere, known also for his rendering of Korner's drama Zrinyi (1818), and his contributions to the Elet es Literatura (Life and Literature).

  • Pier della Vigna there wrote the first sonnet, and Italian lyrics by Frederick himself are preserved to us.

  • Does this mean you should compose your own sonnet or Haiku?

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Words Starting With

SSOSON

Words Ending With

TETNET

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Words Starting With S and Ending With T

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With S6 Letter Words Ending With T