sonnet
form of poetry with fourteen lines and strict rhyming structure
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sonnet
Summary
sonnet is a poetic form[1]. sonnet ranks in the top 2% of poetic_form entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,313 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- sonnet is credited with the discovery of Giacomo da Lentini[3].
- sonnet's instance of is recorded as poetic form[4].
- sonnet's instance of is recorded as field of work[5].
- sonnet is a type of forme fixe[6].
- sonnet's Commons category is recorded as Sonnets[7].
- sonnet's country of origin is recorded as Kingdom of Sicily[8].
- sonnet comprises quatrain[9].
- sonnet comprises tercet[10].
- sonnet comprises stanza[11].
- sonnet comprises verse[12].
- sonnet's time of discovery or invention is recorded as 1300[13].
- sonnet's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Sonnets[14].
- sonnet's described by source is recorded as Concise Literary Encyclopedia[15].
- sonnet's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[16].
- sonnet's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[17].
- sonnet's described by source is recorded as Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[18].
- sonnet's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[19].
- sonnet's described by source is recorded as Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
- sonnet's described by source is recorded as Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[21].
- sonnet's practiced by is recorded as sonnetist[22].
- sonnet's on focus list of Wikimedia project is recorded as Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[23].
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Definition and Type
Recorded instance of include poetic form[4] and field of work[5]. sonnet is a type of forme fixe[6].
Use and Application
Components include quatrain[9], a poetic form[24]; tercet[10], a poetic form[25]; stanza[11], a poetic form[26]; and verse[12].
Why It Matters
sonnet ranks in the top 2% of poetic_form entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,313 views/month).[2] sonnet has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[27] sonnet is known by 25 alternative names across languages and contexts.[28]