Shakespearean sonnet

noun

: english sonnet

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But this requires much more reliable AI models—not gimmicks such as large language models that can write Shakespearean sonnets. —

Daron Acemoglu, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2024 While social media is rife with examples of LLMs responding in a Shakespearean sonnet or a poem in the style of Dr. Seuss, this format flexibility didn’t extend to Woebot’s style. —

Casey Sackett, IEEE Spectrum, 26 May 2024 In less than a minute, the program had created in full a rhyming Shakespearean sonnet. —

Seth Perlow, Washington Post, 13 Feb. 2023 Fancy a tribute to the Blue Line in the style of a Shakespearean sonnet? —

Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Dec. 2022 Shakespeare made such frequent use of this poetic form that today it’s called the Shakespearean sonnet. —

IEEE Spectrum, 30 Apr. 2020

Word History

First Known Use

1903, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Shakespearean sonnet was in 1903

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“Shakespearean sonnet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Shakespearean%20sonnet. Accessed 19 Nov. 2024.

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