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Shakespearean sonnet
/ʃˌeɪkspˈɪriən
sˈɑnɪt/
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Shakespearean sonnet
noun
1.
A sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg.
Synonyms:
Elizabethan sonnet
,
English sonnet
.
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