Sonnet is a related term of canzonet.
As nouns the difference between sonnet and canzonet
is that sonnet is a fixed verse form of italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes while canzonet is a short song, now especially one which is light and breezy.
As a verb sonnet
is to compose sonnets.
sonnet
Noun
(
en noun)
A fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of fourteen lines that are typically five-foot iambics and rhyme according to one of a few prescribed schemes.
See also
* poem
* English sonnet
* Italian sonnet
* quatorzain
Verb
(
en verb)
To compose sonnets.
* Milton
- Strains that come almost to sonneting .
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canzonet
English
Noun
(
en noun)
A short song, now especially one which is light and breezy.
*, Folio Society 2006, vol.1, p.213:
- Besides what I have said of one of their warlike songs, I have another amorous canzonet , which beginneth in this sence.
