PPT-Sonnets A sonnet… has 14 lines

must be written in iambic pentameter must follow a specific rhyme scheme depending on the type of sonnet can be about any subject though they are often about love or nature introduces a problem or question in the beginning and a resolution is offered after the turn. Lima. AP LIT & COMP.. Little Songs. Sonnet. Popular classical form that’s compelled poets for centuries. From the Italian . “. sonetto. ”, which means “a little sound or song”. Sonnet Structure. Adapted from:. Cooley/. Rutsky. Hoover High School. What is a sonnet?. Sonnets are poems that meet the following rules:. All sonnets are 14 lines long.. Sonnets in English are written in iambic pentameter, which means that each line has 10 syllables, alternating in an unstressed/stressed pattern.. 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: . Sonnetto. meaning little song. 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. 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…. 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.. Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?. The Sonnet. The . sonnet. is a versatile form of poetry. Defined by: 14 lines written in . iambic pentameter. . . The first sonnets were written in Italian, but are now written in any language. . English I. Sources. Shakespeare-Online.com. Bio of the Bard. Born in Stratford-Upon- Avon in 1564. Son of a wood and leather merchant. Did not have . much education- genius?. Married to Anne Hathaway (no, not the actress). . . . .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. T. he Legend. The . Dramatist. . And The Poet. THE LIFE OF A MAN. He. . was. . born. on the 23 of april 1564 in . Stratford. and 52 . years. later . he. . died. on his . birthday. . . When. The term “sonnet” derives from the Italian “. sonetto. ”, a “. little sound or song. ”.. The first examples are those written by . Iacopo. . da. . Lentini. in 1230;. The sonnet establishes its importance as a poetic form with Petrarch’s “. Charlotte Smith, Elegiac Sonnets (1784) Sonnet Revival Assumptions about the demise of the sonnet after Milton are based mainly on the fact that major authors such as Pope, Dryden and Johnson used the sonnet only sparingly, Pope published sonnets ‘in imitation of Waller’, aged thirteen. Sonnet. ?. A sonnet is a fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter. . It must follow a specific rhyme scheme, depending on the type of sonnet. A sonnet can be about any subject, though they are often about love or nature. A Golden Age. Historical Background. Relative peace and prosperity. Protestant Reformation established; less religious persecution. . Flowering of art, music, literature, theatre. Women: More. . freedom and education than in Europe.