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ELIZABETHAN SONNET
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Elizabethan sonnet mean?
• ELIZABETHAN SONNET (noun)
The noun ELIZABETHAN SONNET has 1 sense:
1. a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg
Familiarity information: ELIZABETHAN SONNET used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
Elizabethan sonnet; English sonnet; Shakespearean sonnet
Hypernyms ("Elizabethan sonnet" is a kind of...):
sonnet (a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme)
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