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Shakespearean sonnet
noun
a sonnet form used by Shakespeare and having the rhyme scheme abab, cdcd, efef, gg.
Shakespearean sonnet
noun
Also called: Elizabethan sonnet. English sonnet.a sonnet form developed in 16th-century England and employed by Shakespeare, having the rhyme scheme a b a b c d c d e f e f g g
Word History and Origins
Origin of Shakespearean sonnet1
Example Sentences
He consumed everything from “Think and Grow Rich” by Napoleon Hill to Shakespearean sonnets.
Carpenter then purposefully make fun of the outrageousness of her desire for her partner, when she busts out a line from what feels like a Shakespearean sonnet, “Where art thou? Why not uponeth me?”
Bard did get a little gooey at one point when asked to write a Shakespearean sonnet and responded seductively in one of the three drafts that it quickly created.
In less than a minute, the program had created in full a rhyming Shakespearean sonnet.
They aren’t exactly on par with the Brownings’ love letters or Shakespearean sonnets, but, like the president’s public messages, they are heartfelt and poignant.
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