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    [Noun]  | "son*net" | \ ˈsä-nət \


    1: a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme; also : a poem in this pattern


    Origin: circa 1555 ;

     Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet little song, from son sound, song, from Latin sonus sound;

    [Noun]  | "sonnet sequence" 


    1: a series of sonnets often having a unifying theme


    Origin: 1881 ;

    [Noun]  | "English sonnet" 


    1: a sonnet consisting of three quatrains and a couplet with a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg —called also Shakespearean sonnet


    Origin: 1890 ;

    [Noun]  | "Italian sonnet" 


    1: a sonnet consisting of an octave rhyming abba abba and a sestet rhyming in any of various patterns (such as cde cde or cdc dcd) —called also Petrarchan sonnet


    Origin: 1613 ;

    [Noun]  | "Pe*trar*chan sonnet" | \ pi-ˈträr-kən- \


    1: italian sonnet


    Origin: circa 1909 ;

     Petrarch (Francesco Petrarca);

    [Noun]  | "Shakespearean sonnet" 


    1: english sonnet


    Origin: 1903 ;

    [Noun]  | "sonnet" 


    1: a composition made up of 14 lines that rhyme in a fixed pattern;


      * e.g., " ... He wrote gushy sonnets to his girlfriend when he was away at camp. "



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    [Noun]  | "English sonnet" 


     [ "Sonnet" ]

    1: A style of verse, with many varied forms,

      * e.g.,  ... I was trying to write a sonnet about sonnets today. Funny how iambic pentameter can't be used to write itself. 


     [ "Sonnet" ]

    2: the form of Shakespeare being as proceeds:


     [ "Sonnet" ]

    3: A set of fourteen lines, each meeting norms


     [ "Sonnet" ]

    4: of length and stress, with certain rhymes agreed. Exactly five feet are there in each line,


     [ "Sonnet" ]

    5: and yes, two syllables in every foot,


     [ "Sonnet" ]

    6: the second only stressed. These, when combined,


     [ "Sonnet" ]

    7: five iambs form. (Guess what I cannot put!) Four stanzas are there, three quite similar,


     [ "Sonnet" ]

    8: with four lines each, the rhyming being so:


     [ "Sonnet" ]

    9: The endings of the first and third concur,


     [ "Sonnet" ]

    10: as do the second and the fourth; Although the last has only two lines to its name,


     [ "Sonnet" ]

    11: and, lacking so, both rhymes must be the same.

     [ "Sonnet" ]

    1: Pop-rocks for your mind. Deceptive packages that set off unexpected explosions.

      * e.g.,  ... The sonnet is a poetic form of fourteen lines -- everything else about it has been experimented with. Wilfred Owen's Anthem for Doomed Youth: What passing-bells for these who die as cattle? 

     [ "Sonnet" ]

    1: 1) A poem, typically to express feeling of love, 14 lines in length.


     [ "Sonnet" ]

    2: 2) Word used to inform friends that an attractive person is approaching.. more subtle than the phrase it is derived from - "Check out the ass on that!", and even if they hear you say 'Sonnet' then you can quickly turn it around to a chat up line regarding meaning (1).

     [ "Sonnet" ]

    1: Sonnet, A beautiful girl thats outgoing and fun. She always has the time to make people smile, even if her own life is busy. She has beautiful chocolate brown skin with beautiful brown eyes. Shes just irresistible! She cares about everyone and everything and is very hard to let go. Shes smart, funny, and most of all. Just. Perfect Thats Sonnet 😉

      * e.g.,  ... Guy: Wow did you guys see how pretty she was today? Other Guy: Who Guy: Sonnet 

     [ "SONNET" ]

    1: Stupid

      * e.g.,  ... person 1: We have to write a SONNET for school. 


     [ "SONNET" ]

    2: Outrageous Nuisance Not fun

      * e.g.,  ... person 2: I would hate writing a SONNET 


     [ "SONNET" ]

    3: Extremely Tedious poetry Also Shakespeare was good at them

     [ "Sonnet" ]

    1: A horrible thing that your English teacher make you write in class =_=

      * e.g.,  ... English Teacher: Today's homework, write a sonnet.' 

     [ "sonneting" ]

    1: the process of writing a poem utilizing a sonnet style

      * e.g.,  ... How's the sonneting going? I'm having trouble sonneting this poem. 

     [ "Sonnet 154" ]

    1: The little Love-God lying once asleep

      * e.g.,  ... Urban Dictionary is a slang dictionary with your definitions. Define your world. 


     [ "Sonnet 154" ]

    2: Laid by his side his heart-inflaming brand,


     [ "Sonnet 154" ]

    3: Whilst many nymphs that vow'd chaste life to keep


     [ "Sonnet 154" ]

    4: Came tripping by; but in her maiden hand


     [ "Sonnet 154" ]

    5: The fairest votary took up that fire


     [ "Sonnet 154" ]

    6: Which many legions of true hearts had warm'd;


     [ "Sonnet 154" ]

    7: And so the general of hot desire


     [ "Sonnet 154" ]

    8: Was sleeping by a virgin hand disarm'd.


     [ "Sonnet 154" ]

    9: This brand she quenched in a cool well by,


     [ "Sonnet 154" ]

    10: Which from Love's fire took heat perpetual,


     [ "Sonnet 154" ]

    11: Growing a bath and healthful remedy


     [ "Sonnet 154" ]

    12: For men diseased; but I, my mistress' thrall,


     [ "Sonnet 154" ]

    13: Came there for cure, and this by that I prove,


     [ "Sonnet 154" ]

    14: Love's fire heats water, water cools not love.

     [ "ewa sonnet" ]

    1: one of the hottest polish model/singers alive

      * e.g.,  ... omg did you see ewa sonnet's titss 

     [ "Sonnet 153" ]

    1: Cupid laid by his brand, and fell asleep:

      * e.g.,  ... Urban Dictionary is a slang dictionary with your definitions. Define your world. 


     [ "Sonnet 153" ]

    2: A maid of Dian's this advantage found,


     [ "Sonnet 153" ]

    3: And his love-kindling fire did quickly steep


     [ "Sonnet 153" ]

    4: In a cold valley-fountain of that ground;


     [ "Sonnet 153" ]

    5: Which borrow'd from this holy fire of Love


     [ "Sonnet 153" ]

    6: A dateless lively heat, still to endure,


     [ "Sonnet 153" ]

    7: And grew a seething bath, which yet men prove


     [ "Sonnet 153" ]

    8: Against strange maladies a sovereign cure.


     [ "Sonnet 153" ]

    9: But at my mistress' eye Love's brand new-fired,


     [ "Sonnet 153" ]

    10: The boy for trial needs would touch my breast;


     [ "Sonnet 153" ]

    11: I, sick withal, the help of bath desired,


     [ "Sonnet 153" ]

    12: And thither hied, a sad distemper'd guest,


     [ "Sonnet 153" ]

    13: But found no cure: the bath for my help lies


     [ "Sonnet 153" ]

    14: Where Cupid got new fire--my mistress' eyes.

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