English sonnet

noun

: a sonnet consisting of three quatrains and a couplet with a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg

called also Shakespearean sonnet

Word History

First Known Use

1890, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for English sonnet

• propionate

Kids Definition

English sonnet

noun

: a sonnet in which the rhyme pattern is in three groups of four lines each and one group of two lines