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English sonnet
noun
Definition of ENGLISH SONNET
: a sonnet consisting of three quatrains and a couplet with a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg —called also Shakespearean sonnet
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First Known Use of ENGLISH SONNET
1890
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