sonnet

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

SON'NET, noun 1. A short poem of fourteen lines, two stanzas of four verses each and two of three each, the chymes being adjusted by a particular rule. 2. A short poem. I have a sonnet that will serve the turn. SON'NET, verb intransitive To compose sonnets.
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