As nouns the difference between sonnet and sonneteer
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 sonneteer is (sometimes|derogatory) a writer of sonnets or small poems.
As verbs the difference between sonnet and sonneteer
is that sonnet is to compose sonnets while sonneteer 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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sonneteer
English
Noun
(
en noun)
(sometimes, derogatory) A writer of sonnets or small poems.
* Alexander Pope
- Some starved hackney sonneteer .
