: 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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Hardly, and this scent is a total sonnet to its beauty and pure fragrance, capturing the delicate, fleeting notes in a way that does the unique flower justice.
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 July 2024
His father, a high school principal who knew Latin and Greek, recited Shakespeare’s sonnets and frequently sparred with Mr. Moss, a prankster who once slipped little stones and jewels into the center of his aunt’s matzoh balls, giving his mother the edge during a family cooking contest.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
Similarly, Practice places Annabel’s decision making—what to write about the sonnets, whether her much-older boyfriend should visit her at college—on the same footing as her daydreams.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 1 July 2024
Turing envisioned the following conversation: Q: Please write me a sonnet on the subject of the Forth Bridge.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
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Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 July 2024
His father, a high school principal who knew Latin and Greek, recited Shakespeare’s sonnets and frequently sparred with Mr. Moss, a prankster who once slipped little stones and jewels into the center of his aunt’s matzoh balls, giving his mother the edge during a family cooking contest.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
Similarly, Practice places Annabel’s decision making—what to write about the sonnets, whether her much-older boyfriend should visit her at college—on the same footing as her daydreams.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 1 July 2024
Turing envisioned the following conversation: Q: Please write me a sonnet on the subject of the Forth Bridge.
—John Ganz, Harper's Magazine, 22 May 2024
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sonnet
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son·net
ˈsän-ət 
: a poem of 14 lines usually rhyming by a fixed scheme
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