sonnet
noun/ˈsɑnɪt/
Frequency rank: #13,620 most common English word
Meaning
a poem of 14 lines, typically following a strict rhyme scheme.
Example sentence
Shakespeare wrote his most famous sonnet about the themes of love and the passage of time.
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