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Pronunciation / Transliteration: sonɛ spɛ̃səʁjɛ̃
"Le poète a composé un sonnet spensérien complexe."
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A variation of the sonnet form consisting of fourteen lines with a specific interlocking rhyme scheme (ABAB BCBC CDCD EE).
"The scholar analyzed how the Spenserian sonnet creates a continuous flow of thought through its interlaced quatrains."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Coined in the 16th century, the term combines the proper name of English poet Edmund Spenser with the Italian borrowing 'sonnet' (from 'sonetto', meaning 'little song'). Spenser invented this specific rhyme scheme variation in his 1595 sequence 'Amoretti' by linking the three quatrains together through interlocking rhymes.
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sonnet spensérien
Transliteration: sonɛ spɛ̃səʁjɛ̃
"Le poète a composé un sonnet spensérien complexe."
Spenserianisches Sonett
Transliteration: spɛnzɛʁiˈaːnɪʃəs zoˈnɛt
"Das Spenserianische Sonett zeichnet sich durch verschränkte Reime aus."
sonetto spenseriano
Transliteration: soˈnetto spenseˈrjano
"Il sonetto spenseriano differisce da quello petrarchesco."
soneto spenseriano
Transliteration: soˈneto spenseˈɾjano
"El soneto spenseriano utiliza una rima entrelazada única."
soneto spenseriano
Transliteration: suˈnetu spẽseɾiˈɐnu
"Ele estudou a estrutura do soneto spenseriano."
स्पेन्सेरियन सोनेट
Transliteration: spenseriyan sonet
"स्पेन्सेरियन सोनेट अंग्रेजी कविता का एक रूप है।"
斯宾塞体十四行诗
Transliteration: sī bīn sāi tǐ shí sì háng shī
"斯宾塞体十四行诗具有独特的韵律结构。"
스펜서식 소네트
Transliteration: seupenseosik soneteu
"스펜서식 소네트는 교차 두꺼운 운율을 사용한다."
スペンサー風ソネット
Transliteration: Supensā-fū sonetto
"スペンサー風ソネットは独特の脚韻形式を持ちます。"
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