A Sonnet is a verse form consisting of 14 lines with a fixed rhyme scheme. A poem can be either that or any other form the poet chooses.
The rhyme scheme is different. A Shakespearean sonnet is ababcdcdefefgg whereas a Spenserian is ababbcbccdcdee.
Sonnet
A Shakespearean sonnet is a 14-line poem that rhymes in ababcdcdefefgg format. It's divided into three quatraines (4 line segments) and a couplet (two line segment), with the three quatraines introducing the problem or the question and the couplet bringing about the resolution or answer.
Sonnet
A sonnet is a poem of 14 lines with very specific rhyme patterns.
which is the longest poem- a sonnet, an epic, or a ballad?
form is the type of poem; i.e sonnet structure is the poems convenctions; i.e punctuation, line-length, enjambement
14 lines in a sonnet
A sonnet is an example of a poem.
Sonnet
The rhyme scheme is different. A Shakespearean sonnet is ababcdcdefefgg whereas a Spenserian is ababbcbccdcdee.
A Shakespearean sonnet is a 14-line poem that rhymes in ababcdcdefefgg format. It's divided into three quatraines (4 line segments) and a couplet (two line segment), with the three quatraines introducing the problem or the question and the couplet bringing about the resolution or answer.
A sonnet IS a poem. Not a part in one. If you had just used google you'd of known that immediately.
Sonnet
It's a sonnet of course.
A sonnet is a quatorzain, or a 14-line poem.
A fourteen line poem in iambic pentameter (in English) is very likely to be a sonnet. It isn't guaranteed to be a sonnet - but the first thing you check is whether it is a sonnet or not.