as in poems
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 sonnets
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.
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Anshul Gupta,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
In his gorgeous and arresting debut, Nick Martino hurtles through a variety of forms—from sonnets to visual poems to works of visual art—to vividly portray and reflect on a teenager’s world during and after the speaker’s parents’ divorce and his father’s incarceration.
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Craig Morgan Teicher,
Literary Hub,
1 June 2026
After all, no poet talks seriously about doing statistical regression on sonnets to find the optimal ones.
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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.
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Alfred Soto,
Pitchfork,
11 Apr. 2026
Today’s large language models can write sonnets and debug code.
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Nicole Fraenkel,
Fortune,
6 Mar. 2026
The character is speaking sonnets and doing ‘Ozymandias’ as well.
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Anne Thompson,
IndieWire,
5 Feb. 2026
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.
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Nathan Smith,
Time,
26 Nov. 2025
Anshul Gupta,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
In his gorgeous and arresting debut, Nick Martino hurtles through a variety of forms—from sonnets to visual poems to works of visual art—to vividly portray and reflect on a teenager’s world during and after the speaker’s parents’ divorce and his father’s incarceration.
—
Craig Morgan Teicher,
Literary Hub,
1 June 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
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
Ever wanted to dive into Shakespeare's sonnets or explore cinema analysis?
—
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sonnets
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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.
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But some users find clever ways to sidestep those controls, by disguising sensitive requests as role-playing games, poems or pictures, with many swapping tips and ideas online.
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According to viewers, a woman appearing to be Alannah uses the N-word while lip-syncing lyrics.
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The West End revival is being directed by Stephen Daldry from the original book and lyrics by Lee Hall and music by John.
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“Sonnets.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sonnets. Accessed 26 Jun. 2026.
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