sonnet
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When you can write a sonnet but can’t spell “strawberry,” you haven’t achieved intelligence.
From MarketWatch • Nov. 3, 2025
Underneath her outfit, “in a little bag next to her skin,” Vaill says, “she wore his little poem,” a love sonnet he’d written her during their courtship.
From Slate • Oct. 21, 2025
At Paul Revere Junior High, Russell won first place at a Shakespeare Festival for his sonnet recitation.
From Los Angeles Times • May 28, 2025
Ashmole was a strong supporter of the monarchy, and the lines added to the sonnet could be read as an appeal towards religious and political loyalty.
From BBC • Mar. 4, 2025
I think about the note I found on Balekin’s desk, the one in Dain’s hand, a sonnet to a lady with sunrise hair and starlit eyes.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
Vocabulary lists containing sonnet
Poetry: Genres
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Reading: Literature - Poetry - Middle School
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The AP English Exam: Rhetorical and Literary Terms 4
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