(n) a sonnet consisting three quatrains and a concluding couplet in iambic pentameter with the rhyme pattern abab cdcd efef gg, Syn. English sonnet, Elizabethan sonnet
a. Of, pertaining to, or in the style of, Shakespeare or his works. [ Written also Shakespearian, Shakspearean, Shakspearian, Shaksperean, Shaksperian.etc. ] [ 1913 Webster ]