01 n. A short poem, -- usually amatory.
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A short poem, -- usually amatory.[Obs.]“He had a wonderful desire to chant a sonnet or hymn unto Apollo Pythius.” — Holland.
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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.