English

Noun

Shakespearean sonnet ‎(plural Shakespearean sonnets)

1. A sonnet comprising of three quatrains and a final couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg.

Synonyms

• Elizabethan sonnet
• English sonnet

See also

• Petrarchan sonnet
• Spenserian sonnet