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Shakespearean sonnet

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A sonnet comprising three quatrains and a final couplet, in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.
  2. 2
    a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg wordnet

Etymology

Named after English playwright and poet William Shakespeare (1564–1616) and strongly associated with his authorship.

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