Shakespearean sonnet

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noun

a sonnet form used by Shakespeare and having the rhyme scheme abab, cdcd, efef, gg.

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Also called English sonnet, Elizabethan sonnet.

Origin of Shakespearean sonnet

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby Shakespearean sonnet

Shakers, shake someone's tree, Shakespeare, Shakespearean, Shakespeareana, Shakespearean sonnet, Shakespeare, William, shake the dust from one's feet, shake-up, shake with laughter, Shakhty

How to use Shakespearean sonnet in a sentence

Not that the Shakespearean riff on/rip off is limited to novels.
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Many legendary Shakespearean thespians have been indebted to drink.
Is That a Bottle of Wine I See Before Me? The Delights of Drunk Shakespeare|Tom Teodorczuk|June 1, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Context: The Shakespearean actor allegedly said this to a nurse who, when attempting to moisten his lips, misfired.
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And in typical Shakespearean fashion, the episode was still not done with everything.
The Explosive ‘Scandal’ Finale Was Its Best Episode Yet|Kevin Fallon|April 18, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Paul Bowles put it that way in Let It Come Down, a title taken from a Shakespearean assassin just before he strikes.
Susan Minot on Africa, Joseph Kony, and the Limits of Writing About Love|Lea Carpenter|February 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The sonnet is a sort of poetical fugue in which the theme ought to pass and repass until its final resolution in a given form.
Charles Baudelaire, His Life|Thophile Gautier
One man wrote a sonnet to the woman, verses in her honor, telling about her beautiful eyes.
Tiger Cat|David H. Keller
The principal classes of lyric poetry are the song, the ode, the elegy, and the sonnet.
English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
A sonnet is a lyric that deals with a single thought, idea, or sentiment in a fixed metrical form.
English: Composition and Literature|W. F. (William Franklin) Webster
As Mr. Rossetti has noted in an exquisite sonnet, his mind remained always at liberty.
Sir Walter Ralegh|William Stebbing

British Dictionary definitions for Shakespearean sonnet

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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