Thesaurus: sonnet

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1. n. A short poem, -- usually amatory.
2. n. A poem of fourteen lines, -- two stanzas, called the octave, being of four verses each, and two stanzas, called the sestet, of three verses each, the rhymes being adjusted by a particular rule.
3. v. i. To compose sonnets.
4. n. a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
5. v. praise in a sonnet
6. v. compose a sonnet
7. To compose sonnets. "Strains that come almost to sonneting."Milton.
8. n:100 n. a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme v. praise in a sonnet v. compose a sonnet