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sonnet

9 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. sonnet (noun)
  2. sonnet sequence (noun)
  3. curtal sonnet (noun)
  4. English sonnet (noun)
  5. Italian sonnet (noun)
  6. Petrarchan sonnet (noun)
  7. Shakespearean sonnet (noun)
  8. Spenserian sonnet (noun)
  9. tailed sonnet (noun)

son·net

noun \ˈsä-nət\

Definition of SONNET

: 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
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Origin of SONNET

Italian sonetto, from Old Occitan sonet little song, from son sound, song, from Latin sonus sound
First Known Use: 1557

Other Literature Terms

apophasis, bathos, bildungsroman, bowdlerize, caesura, coda, doggerel, euphemism, poesy, prosody

Rhymes with SONNET

bonnet

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