Sonnet

n. [Fr. sonnet, O. Fr. & Pr. sonet, Sp. & Pg. soneto, It. sonetto, from Fr., Pr., & Sp. son, It. suono, a sound, a song, from Lat. sonus, a sound.]

1. A poem of fourteen lines, two stanzas of four verses each and two of three each, the rhymes being adjusted by a particular rule.
2. A short poem. [Obs.]

I have a sonnet that will serve the turn. Shak.