B2nounartslanguage
US/ˈsɑː.nɪt/
UK/ˈsɒn.ɪt/
a poem of fourteen lines with a fixed pattern of rhyme
In context
Shakespeare wrote more than a hundred and fifty sonnets.
We had to memorize a sonnet for our literature class.
He wrote a sonnet for his wife on their anniversary.
Words that go with sonnet
verb + noun
- write a sonnetShe wrote a sonnet about the sea.
- read a sonnetThe teacher read a sonnet aloud.
adjective + noun
- Shakespearean sonnetA Shakespearean sonnet ends with a rhyming couplet.
noun + noun
- love sonnetHe sent her a love sonnet.
- sonnet sequenceThe poet published a sonnet sequence.
Common mistakes
Incorrect:
a sonetCorrect: a sonnet