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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Recent Examples of sonnet
Ever wanted to dive into Shakespeare's sonnets or explore cinema analysis?
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Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 11 Jan. 2026
Some have suggested that the Bard had romantic liaisons with men, in part implied by sonnets that are charged with homoerotic elements.
—Nathan Smith, Time, 26 Nov. 2025
By James Folta | July 17, 2025 Is Brad Lander’s original Shakespeare in the Park sonnet any good?
—Eve Dunbar, lithub.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Seamus Heaney’s sonnets about Northern Ireland in the 1970s and Annie Ernaux’s memoirs of France in the 1960s propose indirect but approachable ways of engaging with personal and national history.
—Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
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Jamie Cuccinelli, Martha Stewart, 11 Jan. 2026
Some have suggested that the Bard had romantic liaisons with men, in part implied by sonnets that are charged with homoerotic elements.
—Nathan Smith, Time, 26 Nov. 2025
By James Folta | July 17, 2025 Is Brad Lander’s original Shakespeare in the Park sonnet any good?
—Eve Dunbar, lithub.com, 13 Nov. 2025
Seamus Heaney’s sonnets about Northern Ireland in the 1970s and Annie Ernaux’s memoirs of France in the 1960s propose indirect but approachable ways of engaging with personal and national history.
—Walt Hunter, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2025
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Noun
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Which poem, and why did the killjoys at the magazine turn it down?—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
22 Mar. 2026
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His story is written into the San Jose Unified School District curriculum, where students write poems about his life and work.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
22 Mar. 2026
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Emerson likes to temper the earthy anxieties of her lyrics with the acknowledgement that life is, fundamentally, beautiful, and matches that sensibility with production that’s peppy without feeling overbearing.—
Shaad D’Souza,
Pitchfork,
21 Mar. 2026
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This is a brand new offering that hopefully will be home for a lot of great ideas and lyrics and guitar riffs that will then inspire people a hundred years from now.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2026
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“Sonnet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sonnet. Accessed 25 Mar. 2026.
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