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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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.
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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
Today’s large language models can write sonnets and debug code.
—Nicole Fraenkel, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
The character is speaking sonnets and doing ‘Ozymandias’ as well.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 5 Feb. 2026
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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
Today’s large language models can write sonnets and debug code.
—Nicole Fraenkel, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
The character is speaking sonnets and doing ‘Ozymandias’ as well.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 5 Feb. 2026
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The poem that precedes it, the Iliad, is a cruel and beautiful work, the ultimate story of war; the Odyssey has its warlike passages, but its central energies seem almost commonplace beside the merciless fury of Achilles.—
David Denby,
New Yorker,
21 June 2026
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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
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The event will culminate Saturday with a performance by Common, whose career has been defined by socially conscious lyrics, storytelling and advocacy.—
Sophia Buonpane,
Kansas City Star,
20 June 2026
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The band says that the themes and lyrics of Book of Love reflected their lives and experiences in New York City during that period in the 1980s.—
David Chiu,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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“Sonnet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sonnet. Accessed 24 Jun. 2026.
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