Definitionn. a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
Last update: August 24, 2015
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His latest book consists beautiful sonnets. [noun]
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His sonnet sequence - consisting of 154 separate poems - is arguably the finest collection of love poems in the English language. [noun]
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I once composed a sonnet as I was climbing which expresses something of my feelings on that occasion. [noun]
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Father read his sonnet, and Judge Hoar and others spoke. [noun]
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Furness read selections from the Scriptures; James Freeman Clarke delivered the funeral address, and Alcott read a sonnet. [noun]
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See Wordsworth's sonnet, On the Sonnet. [noun]
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For a detailed study of this most perfect verse form, see Tomlinson's The Sonnet, Its Origin, Structure, and Place in Poetry. [noun]
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This is a noble and inspiring book of love poems; and Stedman regards the opening sonnet, "I thought once how Theocritus had sung," as equal to any in our language. [noun]
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Does he attempt to paint a picture in his sonnet on Westminster Bridge, or has he some other object in view. [noun]
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