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
British Dictionary definitions for shakespearean sonnet
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