English sonnet

noun

Definition of English sonnetnext
as in rondelet

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  1. psalm
  2. sonnet
  3. pastoral
  4. poem
  5. epigram
  6. epic
  7. madrigal
  8. limerick
Noun
  • Inside the nave, choirs sang psalms, and the cathedral’s mighty organ thundered back to life in a triumphant interplay of melodies.
    Thomas Adamson and John Leicester, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The great organ's 8,000 pipes, which were covered in toxic dust after the fire and have been disassembled, cleaned and retuned, will also play a psalm as the doors re-open.
    Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2024
Definition of psalm
Noun
  • Artificial intelligence has never been more powerful, constantly expanding its litany of flexes — from generating sonnets and fantastical images to believably mimicking emotions, all while churning through mountains of data faster than any human being could.
    Adriana Lee, WWD, 26 Nov. 2024
  • And that a major plot in the novels involves sentient, talking animals that love sonnets and science?
    Constance Grady, Vox, 20 Nov. 2024
Definition of sonnet
Noun
  • Science emerges as a version of the pastoral, with the physicist as swain.
    Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 28 Oct. 2024
  • For those who make the trek, the week will be filled with events ranging from the pastoral to the glamourous to the overtly highbrow.
    Daniel Cassady, ARTnews.com, 25 July 2024
Definition of pastoral
Noun
  • Fans will find much to love in this collection, with plenty of poems that capture his trademark wit and delightfully depraved sense of humor.
    Ilana Masad, Them, 25 Nov. 2024
  • Based loosely on a poem by AK Ramunajam about a girl who is temporarily transformed into a tree so that its flowers can be harvested and sold to support her family.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 23 Nov. 2024
Definition of poem
Noun
  • On his plane plastered with Trumpian epigrams, Vance makes the case for Trump’s second-term vision of enhanced executive power.
    Eric Cortellessa, TIME, 26 Sep. 2024
  • No one could tell the clock by him; no one could quote an epigram of his; no one could ever remember his being a friend of their daddy—or even their granddaddy.
    E. L. Doctorow, The New Yorker, 1 July 2024
Definition of epigram
Noun
  • And that certainly appears to remain the case in December 2024, which features all kinds of options, including a thriller that investigates the horror of AI-laden households, a biblical epic that tells the story of the Virgin Mary, and Netflix’s Christmas-themed take on the Die Hard formula.
    Travis Bean, Forbes, 30 Nov. 2024
  • In March 2001, Gladiator producer Douglas Wick accepted the Oscar for best picture from Michael Douglas, thus setting the highest possible bar for the, at that point, already discussed sequel to Ridley Scott’s historical epic.
    Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of epic
Noun
  • At best, Gidden’s singing and arrangement of a Monteverdi madrigal achieve remarkable eloquence.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2021
  • After this is a setting of a Whitman poem for chorus a cappella in the style of a sixteenth-century madrigal, followed by a section in which a line from Dante’s Inferno is sung by a vocal trio in the style of a medieval motet.
    Walter Simmons, Harper's Magazine, 25 May 2021
Definition of madrigal
Noun
  • There’s a person writing beautiful custom poems that are sort of dirty limericks.
    Emily Leibert, Curbed, 2 Nov. 2024
  • Instead, what we’re served feels more like dirty limericks delivered at an excruciating pace by a bore with bad breath.
    Amy Nicholson, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2024
Definition of limerick
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