Sonnets 1609 Do it yourself p69 Sonnet XCVII William Shakespeare Sonnets 1609 How like a winter hath my absence been From thee the pleasure of the ID: 657642
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Sonnet XCVII
William Shakespeare,
Sonnets (1609)
Do it yourself p.69Slide2
Sonnet XCVII
William Shakespeare, Sonnets (1609)How like a winter hath my absence been From thee, the pleasure of the fleeting year! What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen!What old December's bareness everywhere! And yet this time removed was summer's time;The teeming autumn, big with rich increase,Bearing the wanton burden of the prime,Like widow'd wombs after their lords' decease:Like widow'd wombs after their lords' decease Yet this abundant issue seemed to meBut hope of orphans, and unfathered fruit;But hope of orphans, and unfathered fruit; For summer and his pleasures wait on thee,And, thou away, the very birds are mute:Or, if they sing, 'tis with so dull a cheer,That leaves look pale, dreading the winter's near.
simile
metaphor
self-contained line
enjambment
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DO IT YOURSELF
Complete the rhyme scheme of the sonnet.
abab, cdcd, efef, ggDo all the words rhyme perfectly? If not, circle them.The words that do not rhyme perfectly are in lines 2 and 4: “year” / “everywhere”. This is explained by the fact that English pronunciation has changed throughout the centuries: in Shakespeare’s time, some words were pronounced differently from now.Highlight in yellow all the lines that are self-contained.Look at the sonnet again. Are there any examples of enjambment other than the one highlighted in the text? If so, highlight them in green.Highlight in blue any simile/s in Shakespeare’s sonnet.Highlight in pink any metaphors in Shakespeare’s sonnet.Slide4
The
Petrarchan
and the English sonnetReading and speakingWho introduced the sonnet into England? A group of Court poets during the reign of Henry VIIIWhat was the lyrical model from which Renaissance poets drew inspiration?The Petrarchan Sonnet.What are the differences between the Petrarchan and the Elizabethan sonnet?The structure of the Petrarchan sonnet consists of two quatrains and two tercets (4+4+3+3), while the structure of the Elizabethan sonnet consists of three quatrains and a couplet (4+4+4+2). The rhyme scheme is also different: the Petrarchan sonnet is abba abba cdc cdc, while the Elizabethan one is abab cdcd efef gg .