English sonnets

plural of English sonnet

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for English sonnets
Noun
  • Performance That Relies On Deep Institutional Reasoning Frontier models are extraordinary at problems that are truly novel, ambiguous and wide—writing sonnets, solving math olympiad problems, debugging Python code.
    Anshul Gupta, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • In his gorgeous and arresting debut, Nick Martino hurtles through a variety of forms—from sonnets to visual poems to works of visual art—to vividly portray and reflect on a teenager’s world during and after the speaker’s parents’ divorce and his father’s incarceration.
    Craig Morgan Teicher, Literary Hub, 1 June 2026
Noun
  • Over the course of Gregory Orr’s long career, his poems have become increasingly incantatory, more and more like chants or psalms, repeating, reformulating, reaching for the edges of the same rich metaphors.
    Craig Morgan Teicher, Literary Hub, 1 June 2026
  • The epitome of that tradition is Choral Evensong, an evening service of hymns, psalms and prayers laid out by Archbishop Thomas Cranmer, the first Protestant archbishop of the Church of England, in 1549.
    ABC News, ABC News, 5 Apr. 2026
Noun
  • Johnson is the author of the epigrams, but Boswell is very much the co-author.
    David Frum, The Atlantic, 27 May 2026
Noun
  • The poems explore themes of loss, identity, artmaking and the natural world, as well as the 1885 expulsion of Chinese immigrants from Eureka, California.
    Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 21 June 2026
  • But some users find clever ways to sidestep those controls, by disguising sensitive requests as role-playing games, poems or pictures, with many swapping tips and ideas online.
    Kevin Schaul, Washington Post, 18 June 2026
Noun
  • Ashura processions are usually dramatic affairs, with chanters singing elegies or dirges dedicated to Hussein, while audience members beat their chests and engage in displays of mourning.
    Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2026
  • In Berceuse Parish, there are so many elegies.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
Noun
  • Some holes will feature odes to the historic Stockyards, Sundance Square, Panther City and the Fort Worth Courthouse.
    Ella Gonzales June 4, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2026
  • And what better way to celebrate Route 66 than dive into the inspirations behind Cars Land, one of the most loving odes to the road ever created?
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 12 May 2026
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“English sonnets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/English%20sonnets. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.

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