Definition of sonnet

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Sonnet (n.) A poem of fourteen lines, -- two stanzas, called the octave, being of four verses each, and two stanzas, called the sestet, of three verses each, the rhymes being adjusted by a particular rule..

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Sonnet :: Sonnet (n.) A short poem, -- usually amatory..
Chansonnette :: Chansonnette (n.) A little song.
Pen :: Pen (v. t.) To write; to compose and commit to paper; to indite; to compose; as, to pen a sonnet..
Chansonnettes :: Chansonnettes (pl. ) of Chansonnett.
Sonneteer :: Sonneteer (n.) A composer of sonnets, or small poems; a small poet; -- usually in contempt..
Include :: Include (v. t.) To comprehend or comprise, as a genus the species, the whole a part, an argument or reason the inference; to contain; to embrace; as, this volume of Shakespeare includes his sonnets; he was included in the invitation to the family; to and including page twenty-five..
Sonnetist :: Sonnetist (n.) A sonneter, or sonneteer..
Octave :: Octave (n.) The first two stanzas of a sonnet, consisting of four verses each; a stanza of eight lines..
Century :: Century (n.) A hundred; as, a century of sonnets; an aggregate of a hundred things..
Sestet :: Sestet (n.) The last six lines of a sonnet.
Sonnet :: Sonnet (n.) A poem of fourteen lines, -- two stanzas, called the octave, being of four verses each, and two stanzas, called the sestet, of three verses each, the rhymes being adjusted by a particular rule..
Sonnet :: Sonnet (v. i.) To compose sonnets.
Sonneteer :: Sonneteer (v. i.) To compose sonnets.
Sonneter :: Sonneter (n.) A composer of sonnets.
Quatorzain :: Quatorzain (n.) A poem of fourteen lines; a sonnet.
Sonnetize :: Sonnetize (v. i.) To compose sonnets.
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