meaning of sonnets
1. A short poem, -- usually amatory.
2. 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. To compose sonnets.
4. a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme
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