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Shakespearean sonnets

Shakespearean sonnets is the plural of Shakespearean sonnet.

Meaning of Shakespearean sonnet

Noun

Shakespearean sonnet (plural Shakespearean sonnets)

  1. A sonnet comprising three quatrains and a final couplet, in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.

Questions about Shakespearean sonnets

What is Shakespearean sonnets the plural of?
Shakespearean sonnets is the plural of Shakespearean sonnet.

Words near Shakespearean sonnets in the dictionary

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  2. shakeshake
  3. Shakespeare
  4. Shakespearean
  5. Shakespearean sonnet
  6. Shakespearean sonnets
  7. Shakespeareana
  8. Shakespeareanism
  9. Shakespeareanisms
  10. Shakespeareanize
  11. Shakespeareanized

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