sonnet

noun

son·net ˈsä-nət

: a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme

also : a poem in this pattern

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Artificial intelligence has never been more powerful, constantly expanding its litany of flexes — from generating sonnets and fantastical images to believably mimicking emotions, all while churning through mountains of data faster than any human being could. —

Adriana Lee, WWD, 26 Nov. 2024 And that a major plot in the novels involves sentient, talking animals that love sonnets and science? —

Constance Grady, Vox, 20 Nov. 2024 People who spend the day after a date writing sonnets in their Notes app. —

Olivia Petter, Vogue, 4 Nov. 2024 According to Open Source Shakespeare, a web page containing all of the bard’s plays, poems and sonnets, there are 884,421 words in the entire works of Shakespeare. —

David Hodari, NBC News, 1 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sonnet