can sonnet, the song by the verve, be considered a modern form of a sonnet?

Question

sonnet, by the verve, from the album urban hymns...

My friend and me
My friend and me
Looking through her red box of memories
Looking through her red box of memories
Faded I'm sure
Faded I'm sure
But love seems to stick in her veins you know
But love seems to stick in her veins you know

Yes, there's love if you want it

Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord
Yes, there's love if you want it
Yes, there's love if you want it
Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord
Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord
Yes, there's love if you want it
My lord
Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord

My lord
Why can't you see

That nature has it's way of warning me

Eyes open wide
Why can't you see
Looking at the heavens with a tear in my eye
That nature has it's way of warning me

Eyes open wide
Yes, there's love if you want it
Looking at the heavens with a tear in my eye
Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord

Yes, there's love if you want it

Don't sound like no sonnet, my lord

Answer 1

a sonnet is a fixed form, eg. Shakespearean14 lines, 3 quatrains, a couplet, fixed rhyme scheme.Any attempts to modernise ruins it. The above is no sonnet.

Answer 2

A sonnet needs 14 lines, that is the only pre-requisite. But in this case, no this is not a sonnet.