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Shakespear′ean son′net, 
  1. Literaturea sonnet form used by Shakespeare and having the rhyme scheme abab, cdcd, efef, gg. Also called English sonnet, Elizabethan sonnet. 
  • 1900–05

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Shakespearean sonnet
  1. a sonnet form developed in 16th-century England and employed by Shakespeare, having the rhyme scheme a b a b c d c d e f e f g g
'Shakespearean sonnet' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Elizabethan sonnet - English sonnet

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