1. a poem of fourteen lines with a fixed rhyme scheme

1. to compose sonnets
Usage: literary

Examples

• Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets during his career.
• The Italian sonnet has a different structure than the English sonnet.
• She memorized her favorite sonnet for the poetry recital.
• The poet spent hours crafting the perfect sonnet about love.
• Students analyzed the rhyme scheme of the Petrarchan sonnet.
• He would sonnet about nature and the changing seasons.
• The workshop taught participants how to sonnet in traditional forms.