Son"net (?), n. [F., fr. It.
sonetto, fr. suono a sound, a song, fr. L. sonus
a sound. See Sound noise.] 1. A short
poem, -- usually amatory. [Obs.] Shak.
He had a wonderful desire to chant a sonnet or
hymn unto Apollo Pythius.
Holland.
2. A poem of fourteen lines, -- two stanzas,
called the octave, being of four verses each, and two stanzas,
called the sestet, of three verses each, the rhymes being
adjusted by a particular rule.
&fist; In the proper sonnet each line has five accents, and the
octave has but two rhymes, the second, third, sixth, and seventh lines
being of one rhyme, and the first, fourth, fifth, and eighth being of
another. In the sestet there are sometimes two and sometimes three
rhymes; but in some way its two stazas rhyme together. Often the three
lines of the first stanza rhyme severally with the three lines of the
second. In Shakespeare's sonnets, the first twelve lines are rhymed
alternately, and the last two rhyme together.
Son"net, v. i. To compose
sonnets. "Strains that come almost to sonneting."
Milton.
Son"net (?), n. [F., fr. It.
sonetto, fr. suono a sound, a song, fr. L. sonus
a sound. See Sound noise.] 1. A short
poem, -- usually amatory. [Obs.] Shak.
He had a wonderful desire to chant a sonnet or
hymn unto Apollo Pythius.
Holland.
2. A poem of fourteen lines, -- two stanzas,
called the octave, being of four verses each, and two stanzas,
called the sestet, of three verses each, the rhymes being
adjusted by a particular rule.
&fist; In the proper sonnet each line has five accents, and the
octave has but two rhymes, the second, third, sixth, and seventh lines
being of one rhyme, and the first, fourth, fifth, and eighth being of
another. In the sestet there are sometimes two and sometimes three
rhymes; but in some way its two stazas rhyme together. Often the three
lines of the first stanza rhyme severally with the three lines of the
second. In Shakespeare's sonnets, the first twelve lines are rhymed
alternately, and the last two rhyme together.
Son"net, v. i. To compose
sonnets. "Strains that come almost to sonneting."
Milton.
