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Shakespearean sonnet Moderate

Shakespearean sonnet has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

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Noun
1

a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg

2

A sonnet comprising three quatrains and a final couplet, in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.

See Also
sonnet comprising three quatrains and final couplet in iambic pentameter with rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg petrarchan sonnet spenserian sonnet shakespearean
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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
sonnet
Rhyming Words
net anet snet denet bonet benet lunet ennet manet abnet genet senet tinet nonet monet avnet binet tenet janet annet
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