Associations to the word «Sonnet»

Wiktionary

SONNET, noun. A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes.
SONNET, verb. (intransitive) To compose sonnets.

Dictionary definition

SONNET, noun. A verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme.
SONNET, verb. Praise in a sonnet.
SONNET, verb. Compose a sonnet.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats