word
Sonnet
SON-et
/ˈsɒnɪt/Listen
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Syllable breakdown
sonnet
Dictionary meaning
14-line poem typically in iambic pentameter — the Petrarchan sonnet divides into an octave and sestet; the Shakespearean into three quatrains and a couplet; each form has characteristic rhyme schemes
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