sonneteer
Americannoun
verb (used without object)
noun
Etymology
Origin of sonneteer
1580–90; sonnet + -eer; replacing earlier sonnetier < Italian sonnettiere
Example Sentences
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A sonnet is addressed to an indifferent object of passion; even if the actual lover warms up, the sonneteer can’t become too easily complacent—a dark lady suddenly sunny produces no one’s idea of a poem.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 8, 2017
There's a reason I never made it as a sonneteer I guess, but what a joy it was to see all that enthusiasm for and knowledge of poetry pouring out on last week's thread.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 16, 2010
This gives to his most carefully chiseled productions an air of spontaneous ease, and has made him eminent as a sonneteer.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 1 by Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle
As a sonneteer he showed much grace and sweetness, and English poets borrowed freely from him.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 2 "Demijohn" to "Destructor" by Various
Lowell is too elastic, impulsive, for a sonneteer.
From The Continental Monthly, Vol. 1, No. 2, February, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy by Various
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