Answer:
By definition, you could say, typically, a sonnet is:
"a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line"
A sonnet is actually a poem in a specific form, mentioned above, that has come to exist in Italy. Giacomo da Lentini is consider the creator of Sonnets. The word sonnet is comes from the Italian word sonetto.
