PPT-Sonnets: No Fear Shakespeare

Sonnet 18 Original Shall I compare thee to a summers day Thou art more lovely and more temperate Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May And summers lease hath all too short a date . Greetings from me, The Bard, England’s greatest poet and storyteller. You thought I was just the greatest writer? I am also the rudest man in England!. LEARNING OBJECTIVES. By the end of this lesson: . EQ: How can I understand Shakespeare & apply it to my life?. Shakespeare, alias the Bard. EQ: How can I apply Shakespeare to today’s . world or the world of early America?. Times. Elizabethan Age (era of peace after 100 Years War with France & the War of Roses, a civil war in England) . . . Time & money for the . An Introduction to the Playwright and his Play, . Julius Caesar. Biographical Information. Born: Stratford-Upon Avon, England April 23, 1564. Parents, John and Mary (Arden). Married Anne Hathaway, November, 1582. lived. 1564- 1616. Shakespeare . wrote. . about. love, . comedy. and drama. . He. . also. . wrote. . sonnets. and . worked. as an . actor. . . William Shakespeare. Av: Anna, Felicia, Rebecka & Elin, 8D. 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, . 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.. English 11. What is a sonnet?. A sonnet is a fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter. . About sonnets. In Shakespeare’s time, the popular topic for sonnets was LOVE--or a theme related to love . Sonnets are often written as part of a series, with each sonnet as a sequel to the previous one. . 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. . . . . .And Probably Didn’t Want to Ask. . . .. Sonnets. 14 line lyric. Single stanza. Iambic pentameter line. Intricate rhyme scheme. Often written in narrative sequences—sonnet sequence. Often concerned with love and desire. English 12. William Shakespeare. The most influential writer in all of English literature.. Born on April 23, 1564 (?) in Stratford-Upon-Avon, England. The exact date of his birth is unknown. He was baptized on April 26, 1564.. . . . .And Probably Didn’t Want to Ask. . . .. Sonnets. 14 line lyric. Single stanza. Iambic pentameter line. Intricate rhyme scheme. Often written in narrative sequences—sonnet sequence. Often concerned with love and desire. Marsh9thEnglish.Wordpress.com. Major Eras of British/American Poetry. Elizabethan. Romantic. Victorian. Modernist. Post-Modernist. ELIZABETHAN PERIOD. 1558-1603. Elizabethan Age. The reign of Elizabeth I was also a. To . explore and understand Shakespeare’s use of language in Sonnet . 144. A Muse. The Muses are the inspirational goddesses of literature, science, and the arts in Greek mythology. . They . were considered the source of the knowledge . Romance let lovers fall in love,. And revenge was sliced deep into an enemies heart. .. 1564 . Born in . Stratford-upon-Avon . to tanner and glove maker, John Shakespeare and his wife, Mary (Arden). His actual birthday is unknown but assumed to be April the 23 rd . His baptism was recorded in the Parish register of Holy Trinity Church on April the 26th..