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Shakespearean sonnet

Meaning of "Shakespearean sonnet" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SHAKESPEAREAN SONNET

Shakespearean sonnet


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SHAKESPEAREAN SONNET

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Shakespearean sonnet is a noun.
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WHAT DOES SHAKESPEAREAN SONNET MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Sonnet

A sonnet is a poetic form which originated in Italy; Giacomo Da Lentini is credited with its invention. The term sonnet is derived from the Italian word sonetto. By the thirteenth century it signified a poem of fourteen lines that follows a strict rhyme scheme and specific structure. Conventions associated with the sonnet have evolved over its history. Writers of sonnets are sometimes called "sonneteers", although the term can be used derisively.

Definition of Shakespearean sonnet in the English dictionary

The definition of Shakespearean sonnet in the dictionary is a sonnet form developed in 16th-century England and employed by Shakespeare, having the rhyme scheme a b a b c d c d e f e f g g Also called: Elizabethan sonnet, English sonnet.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SHAKESPEAREAN SONNET

Shakers · Shakespeare · Shakespearean · Shakespeareana · Shakespearian · shakeup · Shakhty · shakier · shakiest · shakily · shakiness · shaking palsy · shako · Shakta · Shakti · Shaktism · Shaktist

WORDS THAT END LIKE SHAKESPEAREAN SONNET

bennet · bluebonnet · bonnet · Chardonnet · cordonnet · dubonnet · Easter bonnet · Elizabethan sonnet · English sonnet · glengarry bonnet · have a bee in one´s bonnet · Italian sonnet · Monnet · Petrarchan sonnet · poke bonnet · sonnet · Spenserian sonnet · sunbonnet · toorie bonnet · unbonnet · war bonnet

Synonyms and antonyms of Shakespearean sonnet in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «Shakespearean sonnet» into 25 languages

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Find out the translation of Shakespearean sonnet to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of Shakespearean sonnet from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «Shakespearean sonnet» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

莎士比亚的十四行诗
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

soneto de Shakespeare
570 millions of speakers
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English

Shakespearean sonnet
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

शेक्सपियर गाथा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

السوناتة شكسبير
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

шекспировский сонет
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

soneto de Shakespeare
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

শেক্সপীয়ারের সোनेट
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

sonnet de Shakespeare
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Sonet shakespearean
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Shakespeare- Sonett
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

シェークスピアのソネット
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

셰익스피어의 소네트
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Shakespeare sonnet
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

sonnet của Shakespeare
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

ஷேக்ஸ்பியர் சோனட்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

शेक्सपियरचे सोननेट
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

Shakespeare sonatı
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

sonetto di Shakespeare
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

szekspirowski sonet
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

шекспірівський сонет
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

sonet shakespearean
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Σαιξπηρικό σονέτο
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Shakespeare sonnet
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Shakespeares sonett
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Shakespeare sonett
5 millions of speakers

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SHAKESPEAREAN SONNET»

Discover the use of Shakespearean sonnet in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to Shakespearean sonnet and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Art of Shakespeare's Sonnets
The Shakespearean sonnet form, though not invented by Shakespeare, is manipulated by him in ways unknown to his predecessors. Because it has four parts — three isomorphic ones (the quatrains) and one anomalous one (the couplet), it is ...
Helen Vendler, 1997
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Shakespeare's Sonnets
The Shakespearean or the English Sonent : The Shakespearean sonnet does not vary very much from the Spenserian sonnet. One difference between the Spenserian sonnet and the Shakespearean sonnet is that whereas in the former the ...
Sunil Kumar Sarker, 1998
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The Poetics of American Song Lyrics
Other qualities of this song similar to those of the Shakespearean sonnet include the subject matter of love, the build toward the resolution, the verbal wit and irony present in that resolution, and the explication-to-resolution proportion. Again ...
Charlotte Pence, 2012
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Our Secret Discipline: Yeats and Lyric Form
The Shakespearean sonnet, with its four parts — three alternately rhymed quatrains and a couplet — is capable of teasingly complex logical structures. Yeats, with his attachment to antinomies, was naturally drawn to the Petrarchan opposition ...
Helen Vendler, 2007
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Poetry from the Heart
The English or Shakespearean Sonnet The English sonnet follows a different set of rules than the Italian sonnet. Rather than an octave and a sestet, the English sonnet has three quatrains and an ending couplet. As with the ninth line of the ...
DenHagan, 2013
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Musics of Belonging: The Poetry of Michael O'Siadhail
As argued previously, when one knows O'Siadhail's work, especially the sonnets, one grows to expect the Shakespearean sonnet, and his masterful couplets. Since the first three poems in the series are Shakespearean sonnets, they imitate  ...
Marc Caball, David Ford, 2007
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Sonnet Sequences and Social Distinction in Renaissance England
But in the Shakespearean sonnet, because resolution must take place within the tiny compass of a twenty-syllable couplet, the 'solution' is more likely to be the fruit of wit, or paradox, or even a quick shaft of sophistry, logical cleverness, ...
Christopher Warley, 2005
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Poetry Reloaded
A Shakespearean sonnet usually has this rhyme scheme: a-b-a-b-c-d-c-d-e-f-e-f-g-g. One of the reasons the Shakespearean sonnet is more popular in English poetry than the Petrarchan sonnet is because it's harder to find rhymes in English ...
Blair Mahoney, 2009
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The Encyclopedia of Romantic Literature
At last Keats made a definitive change of alliance to the Shakespearean sonnet in 1818. He mixed the Petrarchan and Shakespearean sonnets in 'On Sitting Down to Read King Lear Once Again', and his Shakespearean sonnets written in  ...
Frederick Burwick, Nancy Moore Goslee, Diane Long Hoeveler, 2012
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The 64 Sonnets
24 [cdedce], 27 [cdefdf] Total Petrarchan: 40 S = Shakespearean (three alternately-rhymed quatrains plus couplet) S = Regular Shakespearean sonnet 14 sonnets: Nos. 41,42, 44,45,47, 48,49, 52, 54, 56, 58, 60, 63, 64 S+ = Shakespearean ...
John Keats

6 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SHAKESPEAREAN SONNET»

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Interview: Nicole Yun of Eternal Summers on Shakespearean
A band fashioned after the likes of a Shakespearean sonnet; and in that, their new album Gold and Stone, out today via Kanine Records, comes like the ethereal ... «Vanyaland, Jun 15»
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Tesco just won at customer service with this epic Shakespearean
... were astounded when the company wrote back in Shakespearean rhyming ... prose so we resorted to the only thing we really know, Shakespearean sonnet.'. «Metro, Nov 14»
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Shall I Compare a Pop Song to a Shakespearean Sonnet?
Shakespeare's works are frequently cast in modern form, but Erik Didriksen, the man behind the Tumblr “Pop Sonnets,” has reversed this formula, rewinding the ... «Slate Magazine, Aug 14»
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Wherefore Art Thou Robo-Shakespeare? Or Better Yet, How?
Rather, he's a student at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology who has written a Shakespearean sonnet using a computer program. Matias' program used ... «NPR, Feb 14»
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Company Is Seeking Your Love Story in Shakespeare Sonnet Form
Philadelphians stop to read a Shakespearean sonnet at City Hall, Love Park and Rittenhous Square as part of a Philadelphia Shakespearean Theatre ... «NBC 10 Philadelphia, Dec 13»
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Rufus Wainwright to sing Shakespeare at Cultural Olympiad
Three Shakespearean sonnets feature on Wainwright's new album, All Days Are Nights: Songs For Lulu. He said: "I'm orchestrating them myself." His interest in ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jun 11»
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