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sonnet

Noun B2 – Upper-Intermediate

A fourteen-line poem, usually written in a fixed rhyme scheme and rhythm.

"Shakespeare wrote over one hundred and fifty sonnets during his lifetime."

The two most common types are the Shakespearean sonnet and the Petrarchan sonnet, which follow different rhyme schemes.