English sonnet
noun
: a sonnet consisting of three quatrains and a couplet with a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg
called also Shakespearean sonnet
Word History
First Known Use
1890, in the meaning defined above
English sonnets
noun
as in georgics
Synonyms & Similar Words
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- georgics
- pastorales
- epopees
- anacreontics
- rondeaux
- rondelets
- epodes
- idyls
- clerihews
- sonnets
- psalms
- dithyrambs
- eposes
- poems
- epigrams
- pastorals
- madrigals
- limericks
- elegies
- triolets
- odes
- rondels
- eclogues
- rondelles
- jingles
- epics
- runes
- villanelles
- lyrics
- idylls
- rhymes
- laments
- ballads
- songs
- rimes
- blank verses
- minstrelsies
- free verses
- versifications
- vers libres
- haiku
- poesies
- senryu
- lays
- tankas
- poetries