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Shakespearean sonnet

noun

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


Shakespearean sonnet

noun

  1. 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 calledElizabethan sonnetEnglish sonnet


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Shakespearean sonnet1

First recorded in 1900–05

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