Question

what is a sonnet?how would you define it by giving example???

Answer 1

Sonnet is a 14 line poem . For example see the chapter not the marbles nor the gilded monuments.......Most importantly the rhyming scheme is ab,ab then cd,cd  then ef,ef and gg.

Answer 2

A sonnet is a 14 line poetry with about 10 syllables per line.

Eg. Shakespeare's sonnets.