Shakespearean sonnets

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

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of Shakespearean sonnet
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