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

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

In the Village Voice, where the Consumer Guide became one of the fabled alt-weekly’s go-to features from the ’70s through the ’90s, Christgau wrote like a possessed fan who breathed insight, making every capsule sound like a psychedelic sonnet. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 29 Mar. 2026