A sonnet is a fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter.
is a fourteen line poem. The Italian or Petrarchan has two stanzas: the first of eight lines is called octave and has the rhyme-scheme abba abba; the second of six lines is called the sestet and has the rhyme cdecde or cdcdcd. The Spenserian sonnet, developed by Edmund Spenser, has three quatrains and a heroic couplet, in iambic pentameter with rhymes ababbcbccdcdee. The English sonnet, developed by Shakespeare, has three quatrains and a heroic couplet, in iambic pentameter with rhymes ababcdcdefefgg.
(OALD) type of poem containing 14 lines, each of 10 syllables, and with a formal pattern of rhymes.
a fixed verse form consisting of fourteen lines usually in iambic pentameter. See Shakespearean sonnet and Italian sonnet.
n. a poem of fourteen lines that rhyme in a pattern.
Normally a fourteen-line iambic pentameter poem. The conventional Italian, or Petrachan, sonnet is rhymed abba, abba, cde, cde; the English, or Shakespearean, sonnet is rhymed abab, cdcd, efef, gg.
a fixed verse form consisting of fourteen lines usually in iambic pentameter. See Italian sonnet and Shakespearean sonnet.
there are two kinds of sonnets, both poems of 14 lines : the English (or Shakespearean) sonnet, consisting of three quatrains and a couplet, and the Italian (or Petrarchan), consisting of an octave (two quatrains) and sestet (two tercets)
a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
a classic form for writing love poems as it has become nearly synonymous with the subject
a fixed form of poetry because by definition it must have fourteen lines
a kind of lyric poetry written in a strictly defined form
a perfect, idealized poetic form often used to write about love
a poem of fourteen iambic pentameter lines
a poem of fourteen lines following a set rhyme scheme and other poetic conventions
a poem with fourteen lines and a strict rhyme scheme, written in iambic pentameter (ten syllables per line, stress pattern of unstressed, stressed)
a poem with fourteen lines of iambic pentameter and a specific rhyme scheme
a short poem with a strictly prescribed form
a type of (Shakespearean) poem
a traditional poetic form comprised of fourteen lines of iambic pentameter. See Robert Frost's " Design" for an example of an Italian sonnet and William Shakespeare's " Sonnet 73" for an example of an English sonnet.
is a poem consisting of 14 lines of rhymed iambic pentameter.
A formal composition derived from Sicilian poetry having an octave (8-line stanza) and a sestet (6-line stanza). Dante and Petrarch are the most noteworthy practitioners of the Italian sonnet form. In the Tudor period, English poets revised the Italian form into a sonnet consisting of three quatrains (4-line stanzas) and a couplet. Sidney and Shakespeare are the most noteworthy practitioners of this English form.
A fourteen-line lyric poem, usually written in rhymed iambic pentameter (in lines of ten syllables with a stress on every other syllable). Sonnets vary in structure and rhyme scheme, but are generally of two types: the Petrarchan, or Italian, sonnet and the Shakespearean, or English sonnet. Sonnets usually attempt to express a singles theme or idea.
A lyric poem that is 14 lines long. Italian (or Petrarchan) sonnets are divided into two quatrains and a six-line "sestet," with the rhyme scheme abba abba cdecde (or cdcdcd). English (or Shakespearean) sonnets are composed of three quatrains and a final couplet, with a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg. English sonnets are written generally in iambic pentameter.
A poem consisting of fourteen lines of iambic pentameter. See Iambic pentameter, Poetry
Refers to a fourteen-line poem with a rigid structure and rhyming scheme. Shakespeare wrote many sonnets.
There are two main camps of sonnets -- the Italian, and the English (the Shakespearean being a form of English, so far as I can tell). Here's two links: Advice on writing a Sonnet"Rules" on writing a sonnet
a poem in 14 lines of pentameter, rhymed either in the Petrarchan (Italian) pattern abba abba cdcdcd or in the Shakespearean (English) pattern abab cdcd efef gg; a sonnet should develop an idea or sentiment through two successive stages.
A fourteen-line lyric poem consisting of an eight-line unit (the octave) and a six-line unit (the sestet). Sonnets were written in two basic types: the Petrarchan sonnet rhyming abba abba in the octave and variably in the sestet (sometimes with a concluding couplet, sometimes not); and the English or Shakespearean sonnet, rhyming abab cdcd efef gg. Both Petrarchan and Shakespearean sonnets often have a turn, whereby the sentiments established in the early part of the sonnet begin to shift, often heralded with a word such as "but." Sonnets during the Renaissance or early modern period often were written in cycles. Sonnet cycles were so-called because they contained several themes or issues that the sonnet writer returned to frequently. Shakespeare, in his cycle of 154 poems, wrote on the pleasures and pains of love, the difficulties of friendship, and the immortality of poetry.
refers to a fourteen line poem, usually a lyric in iambic pentameter.
A form of poem consisting of a single stanza with 14 lines, sectioned and rhymed in a particular style. The ones above are in the form of the Italian or Petrarchan sonnet, which are divided into two parts of 8 (octave) and 6 lines (sestet), each with its own rhyme scheme (eg. abab abab cdc dcd).
a fourteen line poem rhyming most often in one of two major patterns. A Shakespearean sonnet rhymes ABABCDCDEFEFGG and develops its them in three stages of four lines called quatrains. A Petrarchan sonnet rhymes ABBABBACDECDE and develops its main idea in one eight line state (octave) and one six line stage (sestet).
A poem normally consisting of fourteen lines in any of several fixed verse and rhyme schemes, typically in rhymed iambic pentameter; sonnets generally express a single theme or idea.
A poem of fourteen lines which rhymes according to a fixed pattern.
a lyric form consisting of fourteen lines of iambic pentameter (usually divided into an eight-line octave and a six-line sestet) and exhibiting a regular rhyme scheme. Example: Bryant's "Sonnet--To an American Painter Departing for Europe."
The term "sonnet" derives from the Provençal word "sonet" and the Italian word "sonetto," both meaning "little song." By the thirteenth century, it had come to signify a poem of fourteen lines that follows a strict rhyme scheme and logical structure. The conventions associated with the sonnet have evolved over its history.
