Meanings
plural Elizabethan sonnets
- Synonym of Shakespearean sonnet.
Synonyms: Shakespearean sonnet
Synonyms & antonyms
nounSynonym of Shakespearean sonnet.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg
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Elizabethan sonnet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Elizabethan%20sonnet
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