Shakespearean sonnet

n. The sonnet form used by Shakespeare, composed of three quatrains and a terminal couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg. Also called Elizabethan sonnet, English sonnet.

Shakespearean sonnet

n (Poetry) 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. Also called: Elizabethan sonnet or English sonnet

Shakespear′ean son′net

n. a sonnet form used by Shakespeare and having the rhyme scheme abab, cdcd, efef, gg. Also called English sonnet. [1900–05]

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Shakespearean sonnet - a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef ggElizabethan sonnet, English sonnetsonnet - a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

Shakespearean sonnet