(n)a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg, Syn.English sonnet, Elizabethan sonnet
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a. Of, pertaining to, or in the style of, Shakespeare or his works. [ Written also Shakespearian, Shakspearean, Shakspearian, Shaksperean, Shaksperian.etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]