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| son·net [ sónnət ] (plural son·nets) |
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fourteen-line rhyming poem with set structure: a short poem with 14 lines, usually ten-syllable rhyming lines, divided into two, three, or four sections. There are many rhyming patterns for sonnets, and they are usually written in iambic pentameter.
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| [Mid-16th century. Directly or via French< Italian sonnetto< Old Provençal son "poem" < Latin sonus "sound"] |
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