PPT-Shakespeare’s Sonnets

English 220 Winter 2013 History of Shakespeares Sonnets First published as a collection 1609 Earliest evidence of their existence 1598 m entioned in Wits Treasury Unauthorized publication of 138 and 144 1599. 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. Romeo & Juliet. Ms. Forsyth and Mr. Bernstein. Honors English 9. Bear Creek High School. This presentation will…. inform you about the life and work of the mysterious William Shakespeare.. provide you details about Elizabethan society and theater.. 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. story. 1564 - 1616. Who was Shakespeare?. William Shakespeare was a poet, actor and playwright.. One of the world’s greatest playwrights of all time.. Writing in England during the late 1500’s and early 1600’s during the reigns of Queen Elizabeth I and King James I. . Queen Elizabeth I - born September 7, 1533 in . Greenwich. Died March 24, 1603 in Richmond, Surrey. Daughter of King Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn . (. beheaded by Henry for not bearing a son). Coronated. 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.. Understanding Shakespeare’s Poetic Style. Shakespeare wrote 38 plays, including . Romeo & Juliet. .. He also wrote about 154 sonnets.. Shakespeare’s Sonnets. sonnet . : a fourteen-line poem. Most of Shakespeare’s sonnets dealt with themes like love, life and death, and beauty. . 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. . 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 Hamlet. Scansion. Elision. Voiced Syllable. Shared Line. Iamb. Trochee. Dactyl. Spondee. Anapest. Quatrain. Blank Verse. Free Verse. Heroic Couplet. Monometer. Dimeter. Trimeter. Tetrameter. Pentameter. 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. 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.. 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..