sonneteer
Writes structured verses
A sonneteer is a writer of sonnets—sometimes neutral, but often carrying a faint note of dismissal, suggesting someone who churns out sonnets mechanically or without great distinction.
He fancied himself a sonneteer, though his verses were forgettable.
The word can also function as a verb meaning to compose sonnets.
One composing metrical lines
- rhymesterAmateur verse writer
- lyricistWriter of song texts
- wordsmithSkilled prose artisan
- bardPoet of epics
troubadour · minstrel · balladeer · scribe · author · litterateur · elegist · satirist
Verse rhythm type
- pentameterFive-foot poetic line
- quatrainFour-line poetic unit
- coupletTwo successive verse lines
- voltaRepeated section's alternate ending
octave · sestet · rhyme scheme · meter · stanza · enjambment · conceit · turn
versifier
One composing metrical lines
bard · troubadour · minstrel · balladeer · scribe · author · litterateur · elegist · satirist · lyrist
iambic
Verse rhythm type
- pentameterFive-foot poetic line
- quatrainFour-line poetic unit
- coupletTwo successive verse lines
volta · octave · sestet · rhyme scheme · meter · stanza · enjambment · conceit · turn · Shakespearean
love
Intense fond attachment
- courtshipSeeking another's romantic favor
- passionIntense emotional drive
- devotionDeep, loyal commitment
beauty · mortality · time · beloved · muse · yearning · longing · admiration · praise · lament
- poetspoet, Homer, Dante, Milton, Emily Dickinson
- sonnetsoctave, sestet, fourteen lines, volta, quatrain
- writersauthor, novelist, writer, poet, journalist
- poetic voicesnarrator, narrative voice, dramatic monologue, speaker, prophetic voice
sonneteerlaureate
Celebrated achievement recipient
bard · Shakespeare · Petrarch · Milton
sonneteerprose writer
One composing unmetered text
novelist · essayist · fiction writer · journalist · short story writer