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Iambic pentameter, blank verse, sonnets, couplets, and what it is that really makes Shakespeare the greatest literary genius of all timeSlide2
“I am the man.” – William ShakespeareSlide3
Why is Shakespeare considered a genius?
To understand… you need to first know that it is not simply
what
he
did
(write
37 plays, 154 sonnets
, and
2 long narrative
poems) -- it is
how
he did it!
Shakespeare wrote his plays almost entirely
in…
B
lank verse
—unrhymed lines of
iambic pentameter
Iambic pentameter
-- a metrical pattern in which a line of poetry has five unstressed syllables, each of which is followed by a stressed syllable
Right now you’re going…. “WHAT???” So let me show you…Slide4
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 this1 iambic footYou must have 5 of these for it to be iambic PENTameter…still confused, right? That’s okay. I’ll put it another way…Slide5
Feel the Rhythm!A line of pure iambic pentameter has this rhythm:
da-
DUM
da-
DUM
da-
DUM
da-DUM da-DUMbut-SOFT what-LIGHT through-YON der-WIN dow-BREAKSSlide6
Beat out the following to see if they are iambic pentameter or not!
Good pilgrim you do
wrong
your hand too
much
I strike quickly being
moved
Hark ye, your Romeo will be here at nightOr else beshrew them bothI say silver sound because musicians sound for silverOh pardon me for bringing these ill newsOh, teach me how I should forget to thinkSlide7
ANSWERS
Good pilgrim you do wrong your hand too much (YES)
I strike quickly being moved (NO)
Hark ye, your Romeo will be here at night (YES)
Or else beshrew them both (NO)
I say silver sound because musicians sound for silver (NO)
Oh pardon me for bringing these ill news (YES)
Oh, teach me how I should forget to think (YES)Slide8
Couplet
Sometimes, however, Shakespeare has characters speak in
two
rhymed lines in a row, called a couplet.
Example:
Saints do not move, though grant for prayers
sake. Then move not while my prayer’s effect I take
.Slide9
Sonnet
A sonnet is a lyric poem
14 lines
commonly
written in iambic
pentameter
The
Shakespearean sonnet consists of a verse of poetry rhyming with every other line in a pattern of abab, cdcd, efef, gg.
The final two lines are a coupletSlide10
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (Sonnet 18)
Shall
I compare thee to a summer’s
day
?
Thou art more lovely and more
temperate
.Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer’s lease hath all too short a date.Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimmed;
And every fair from fair sometime declines
,By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimmed;But thy eternal summer shall not fade,Nor lose possession of that fair thou
ow’st,Nor shall death brag thou wand’rest in his shade,When in eternal lines to Time thou grow’st.
So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.
coupletSlide11
Weekend Homework:
Write your own sonnet!
It does not have to be in Shakespearean tongue
It must be:
14 lines
in iambic pentameter
Follow the rhyme pattern ABAB CDCE EFEF GG
Note: It may help you to use a hyphen between syllables of multi-syllable words – it’s easier to keep track of your iambic feet that way.After you do this, you will both appreciate Shakespeare’s abilities more and understand why he sometimes phrases things oddly and out of the usual order. Slide12
A Sonnet for my Pockets by: Mrs. Barber
Po-
ckets
for la-dies are a to-
tal
sham
In them there is no room to fit my things
Un-fair ‘tis that sirs have more space than ma’amsSad-ness up-on this day my po-cket bringsMine hus-band says I rant too much for theseMy la-dy po-ckets though won’t hold gum sticksThey are not ev-en large e-
nough for keysWe must lug large
pur-ses to car-ry tricksUsed dai-ly like phones, wall-ets, coins and mintsLame la-dy
po-ckets cause blin-ding fu-ryThese griev-anc-es drive me to yelling henceCloth-ing de-sign-ers please
lis-ten, hur-ry Cor-rect thine foul er-ror or else I’ll crack I pri-thee take these la-dy
po-ckets back!