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Definition of Shakespearean sonnet
1. Noun. A sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg.
Definition of Shakespearean sonnet
1. Noun. A sonnet comprising of three quatrains and a final couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme of ''abab cdcd efef gg''. The third type of sonnet. Also known as Elizabethan sonnet and English sonnet. ¹
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