What is the meaning of Sonnet?

  • (v.i.) To compose sonnets.
  • (n.) A short poem, -- usually amatory.
  • (n.) A poem of fourteen lines, -- two stanzas, called the octave, being of four verses each, and two stanzas, called the sestet, of three verses each, the rhymes being adjusted by a particular rule.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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