Synonyms of sonnet

sonnet

noun

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.

Related Words

• poem
• lyric
• song
• poetry
• elegy
• epigram
• triolet
• limerick
• villanelle
• psalm
• ode
• verse
• eclogue
• madrigal
• dithyramb
• rondeau
• epic
• epode
• idyll
• rhyme
• epos
• pastorale
• clerihew
• pastoral
• rondel
• georgic
• jingle
• English sonnet
• lament
• epopee
• ballad
• rune
• haiku
• tanka
• rondelet
• anacreontic
• versification
• poesy
• lay
• senryu
• minstrelsy
• free verse
• blank verse
• vers libre

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sonnet

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

My expertise, for example, is in the African American sonnet tradition. — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 12 May 2026

After all, no poet talks seriously about doing statistical regression on sonnets to find the optimal ones. — Konstantin Kakaes, Quanta Magazine, 13 Apr. 2026

Recently reissued by original label Rough Trade Records, Songs to Remember epitomizes the group’s attempt to reconcile an art-school background, 1977-era punk ethics, and an obsession with chart pop into a musical statement as stately and cohesive as a book of sonnets. — Alfred Soto, Pitchfork, 11 Apr. 2026