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Etymology
Named after William Shakespeare (1564-1616). This type of sonnet is strongly associated with Shakespeare's authorship.

Noun
Shakespearean sonnet

1. A sonnet comprising of three quatrains and a final couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg. The third type of sonnet. Also known as Elizabethan sonnet and English sonnet.

See also
Petrarchan sonnet
Spenserian sonnet

Category: English eponyms

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