PPT-Ia mbic Pentameter and Sonnets

Understanding Shakespeares Poetic Style Shakespeare wrote 38 plays including Romeo amp Juliet He also wrote about 154 sonnets Shakespeares Sonnets sonnet a fourteenline poem Most of Shakespeares sonnets dealt with themes like love life and death and beauty . Shakespeare. What do these things have in common?. What do these things have in common?. What do these things have in common?. ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE OLD. Baobob. Tree – up to 1200 years old. Edward Cullen – over 100 years old. Year . 8. English. . All words with more than one syllable are made up of stressed and unstressed syllables. a. lone . The kitten is all . alone. a/lone . a/LONE . . x / . Not quite “much ado about nothing”. Shakespeare’s Sonnet #2. WHEN forty winters shall besiege thy brow . And dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field, . Thy youth's proud livery, so gazed on now, . really. makes Shakespeare the greatest literary genius of all time. “I am the man.” . – William Shakespeare. Why is Shakespeare considered a genius?. To understand… you need to first know that it is not simply . What do you think of . when you hear the term “sonnets”? . Maybe Shakespeare? . Maybe you think Shakespeare is boring, is old, or maybe a little too flowery…. By the end of the semester, this is how you should think of Shakespeare: . The Art of writing. A 14 line lyric poem with a single theme. Usually written in Iambic Pentameter. Usually sonnets are written as a series. Sometimes 100 or more sonnets are linked by theme or to whom it is addressed. What is a sonnet?. A sonnet is a 14 lined poem.. It means “little song.”. It has a strict rhyme scheme.. It uses Iambic Pentameter.. 10 syllables per line.. 5 beats per line.. There are two types…. Course Target: . I can create poetry that emphasizes various forms and figurative language.. Write down whatever is in blue!. A brief history of sonnets. Invented in Italy in the thirteenth century, the sonnet was brought to a high form of development in the fourteenth century by Francesco Petrarch (. Forms and Interpretations . General. Sonnets:. -Always 14 lines. -Has a fixed rhyme scheme. -Two main Forms of Sonnets:. -Elizabethan . ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. -Petrarchan . ABBAABBA CDCDCD. Most Structured form of Poetry, as well as the most creative.. 9. th. Grade ELA. What We’ve Learned so far this Year: . Literary Terms. -Character -Antagonist -Protagonist. -Diction -Denotation -Connotation. -Imagery -Mood -Plot . -Exposition -Rising Action -Climax. William Shakespeare. c. 1564-1616. b. Stratford-upon-Avon, England. Playwright, Poet, Actor. Most famous for his plays. All but 2 of his 154 sonnets were published in 1609. Shakespearean Sonnets. 1609: Quarto only source of most 152 Shakespearean Sonnets. . Pg. . 66-67 . of Interactive Notebook. What is Iambic Pentameter?. One type of . meter. (or . rhythm. ). Iamb. (unstressed syllable + stressed syllable). Examples: between, mature, . instead. In poetry, rhythmic units are called . Iambic Pentameter has 10 syllables.. 5 unstressed, 5 stressed. “This holy shrine the gentle sin is this”. This ho . ly. shrine the gen . tle. sin is this. 1 iambic . foot =‘s two syllables. Petrarchan, Shakespearean, Modern. Petrarch . (. 1304-1374) background . Italian scholar and poet. “Father of the Sonnet”. Gave up his vocation as a priest after sighting Laura. He had very little contact with Laura as she was already married..