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shakespearean sonnet

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.62 in modern English

Syllables
shake-speare-an -son-net
IPA
28
Scrabble Score
19
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sonnet comprising three quatrains and a final couplet, in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.

Etymology

Named after English playwright and poet William Shakespeare (1564–1616) and strongly associated with his authorship.

Inflected Forms

Shakespearean sonnets (plural)

Phrases

Petrarchan sonnet Spenserian sonnet

Frequently Paired Words

Petrarchan sonnet Spenserian sonnet

Synonyms

Elizabethan sonnet English sonnet

Questions

What does shakespearean sonnet mean?
A sonnet comprising three quatrains and a final couplet, in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.
Where does shakespearean sonnet come from?
Named after English playwright and poet William Shakespeare (1564–1616) and strongly associated with his authorship.

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