Phrase Hound found 7 phrases and 17 compound words that contain sonnet. The most common are listed below. Open sonnet in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 7
- Petrarchan sonnetA sonnet comprising an octave and a closing sestet, following the rhyme scheme of either abba abba cde cde or abba abba cd cd cd or abba abba cce dde or abba abba cdd cee.
- Shakespearean sonnetA sonnet comprising three quatrains and a final couplet, in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.
- English sonnetSynonym of Shakespearean sonnet: A sonnet comprising three quatrains and a final couplet, in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.
- Italian sonnetSynonym of Petrarchan sonnet: A sonnet comprising an octave and a closing sestet, following the rhyme scheme of either abba abba cde cde or abba abba cd cd cd or abba abba cce dde or abba abba cdd cee.
- Elizabethan sonnetSynonym of Shakespearean sonnet: A sonnet comprising three quatrains and a final couplet, in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.
- Spenserian sonnetA sonnet comprising three quatrains with the latter rhyme part being carried over from one quatrain to the next, and a concluding couplet, therefore comprising a rhyme scheme of abab bcbc cdcd ee.
- Scottish sonnetSynonym of Spenserian sonnet: A sonnet comprising three quatrains with the latter rhyme part being carried over from one quatrain to the next, and a concluding couplet, therefore comprising a rhyme scheme of abab bcbc cdcd ee.
Compound words 17
- sonnetistA writer of sonnets.
- sonneteerA writer of sonnets or small poems.
- sonnetaryRelating to sonnets.
- sonneterA composer of sonnets; sonnetist.
- sonneticOf or relating to a sonnet.
- sonnetishRelating to or characteristic of a sonnet.
- sonnetizeTo compose sonnets.
- sonnetlikeResembling or characteristic of a sonnet.
- sonnetryThe composition of sonnets.
- sonnettomaniacAn enthusiast of sonnets