as in poem
a composition made up of 14 lines that rhyme in a fixed pattern
He wrote gushy sonnets to his girlfriend when he was away at camp.
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This is the kind of show where deep, lasting soul-filling love is signified by the sharing of a single Shakespeare sonnet.
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 14 July 2025
At Paul Revere Junior High, Russell won first place at a Shakespeare Festival for his sonnet recitation.
—Katherine Turman, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
Her poems of that era — sonnets, epigrams, eminently quotable snippets of rhymed gossip — pulse with the dynamism and attitude of the modern city.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The poem was published in Shakespeare’s 1609 quarto of 154 sonnets, which wasn’t widely popular in its day.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
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Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 14 July 2025
At Paul Revere Junior High, Russell won first place at a Shakespeare Festival for his sonnet recitation.
—Katherine Turman, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
Her poems of that era — sonnets, epigrams, eminently quotable snippets of rhymed gossip — pulse with the dynamism and attitude of the modern city.
—A.o. Scott, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
The poem was published in Shakespeare’s 1609 quarto of 154 sonnets, which wasn’t widely popular in its day.
—Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2025
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Noun
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According to the explanation on the museum’s website, the use of poppies has its origins in a poem that was penned by a Canadian physician who had served as a field surgeon in Belgium during the Great War.—
Emily Curiel,
Kansas City Star,
12 Nov. 2025
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Moon’s poems suggest Buddhist ideologies and Korean temples, yet the works remain largely free of cultural-specific imagery and are, instead, naturalistic or universal.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
Noun
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There is one person in The Queen of Versailles who, beyond the content of her lyrics, is worth listening to, and that’s Victoria.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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Byrne’s lyrics are famously inquisitive.—
Amanda Petrusich,
New Yorker,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Sonnet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sonnet. Accessed 20 Nov. 2025.
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