Shakespearean sonnet
noun
a sonnet form used by Shakespeare and having the rhyme scheme abab, cdcd, efef, gg.
Origin of Shakespearean sonnet
First recorded in 1900–05
Also called English sonnet, Elizabethan sonnet.
Definition for elizabethan sonnet (2 of 2)
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Shakespearean sonnet
noun
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 gAlso called: Elizabethan sonnet, English sonnet
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