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1. (Poetry) 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.Also called: Elizabethan sonnet or English sonnet.hakespearean sonnet-a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg. Elizabethan sonnet, English sonnet. sonnet-a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme.
Elizabethan Sonnet. The Elizabethan sonnet is divided into three four-line stanzas called quatrains, along with a final two-line couplet. An Elizabethan poem usually saves its volta for the transition between the third stanza and the final couplet. The suddenness of the volta at the end can make an Elizabethan sonnet seem more uneven than a Petrarchan one. The rhyme scheme for an Elizabethan sonnet is: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. Photos.com/Photos.com/Getty Images.