Shakespearean sonnet


noun

a sonnet form used by Shakespeare and having the rhyme scheme abab, cdcd, efef, gg.
Also called English sonnet, Elizabethan sonnet.

Origin of Shakespearean sonnet

First recorded in 1900–05

Definition for elizabethan sonnet (2 of 2)

Elizabethan sonnet

noun

British Dictionary definitions for elizabethan sonnet (1 of 2)

Elizabethan sonnet

noun

another term for Shakespearean sonnet

British Dictionary definitions for elizabethan sonnet (2 of 2)

Shakespearean sonnet

noun

a sonnet form developed in 16th-century England and employed by Shakespeare, having the rhyme scheme a b a b c d c d e f e f g g Also called: Elizabethan sonnet, English sonnet