English sonnet
English sonnet noun - A sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg.
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Shakespearean sonnet and English sonnet are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Shakespearean sonnet" instead a noun phrase "English sonnet".
Shakespearean sonnet
Shakespearean sonnet noun - A sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg.
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English sonnet and Shakespearean sonnet are semantically related. You can use "English sonnet" instead a noun phrase "Shakespearean sonnet".
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