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noun
A sonnet comprising three quatrains with the latter rhyme part being carried over from one quatrain to the next, and a concluding couplet, therefore comprising a rhyme scheme of abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, poetry, publishing, writing
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Synonyms: Scottish sonnet
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noun
a sonnet consisting of three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab bcbd cdcd ee
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sonnet
History
Named after English poet Edmund Spenser (1552/1553–1599) and associated with his authorship.
