as in poem
a composition made up of 14 lines that rhyme in a fixed pattern
He wrote gushy sonnets to his girlfriend when he was away at camp.
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So there is a series of words or linguistic tropes for every single play, every poem cycle, every sonnet.
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Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
Western governments and civil society should encourage the creative potential of Russian exiles, from the social scientists and journalists making sense of Putinism to the poets writing sonnets and the painters producing still lifes.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2024
Hardly, and this scent is a total sonnet to its beauty and pure fragrance, capturing the delicate, fleeting notes in a way that does the unique flower justice.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 July 2024
His father, a high school principal who knew Latin and Greek, recited Shakespeare’s sonnets and frequently sparred with Mr. Moss, a prankster who once slipped little stones and jewels into the center of his aunt’s matzoh balls, giving his mother the edge during a family cooking contest.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
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Jeffrey Goldberg, The Atlantic, 30 Sep. 2024
Western governments and civil society should encourage the creative potential of Russian exiles, from the social scientists and journalists making sense of Putinism to the poets writing sonnets and the painters producing still lifes.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 18 Sep. 2024
Hardly, and this scent is a total sonnet to its beauty and pure fragrance, capturing the delicate, fleeting notes in a way that does the unique flower justice.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 10 July 2024
His father, a high school principal who knew Latin and Greek, recited Shakespeare’s sonnets and frequently sparred with Mr. Moss, a prankster who once slipped little stones and jewels into the center of his aunt’s matzoh balls, giving his mother the edge during a family cooking contest.
—Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
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“Sonnet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sonnet. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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