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Shakespearean sonnet
noun
A sonnet comprising of three quatrains and a final couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme of
abab cdcd efef gg
. The third type of sonnet. Also known as Elizabethan sonnet and English sonnet.
Etymology:
Named after
William Shakespeare
(1564-1616). This type of sonnet is strongly associated with Shakespeare's authorship.
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