Meaning & use
sonnet
A poem of fourteen lines, traditionally written in a fixed rhyme scheme and meter.
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Shakespeare wrote over a hundred sonnets, many exploring themes of love and time.
Students in the poetry class each composed an original sonnet about a personal memory.
A note on using this word
The two main traditions are the Shakespearean sonnet, with three quatrains and a couplet, and the Petrarchan sonnet, split into an octave and sestet.
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