PPT-Sonnets

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. Objectives:. To . identify. the different types of love.. To . explore. your ideas on love.. To . analyse. traditional presentations of love in poetry.. I’d do anything for love (but I won’t do that!). 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.. The Poet. SHAKE-SPEARE’S SONNETS. Published in . 1609. . Thomas Thorpe was the publisher. Shakespeare did . not. give his approval. Thorpe was “cashing-in” on Shakespeare. Before attempting sonnets, Shakespeare wrote two . 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, . 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. . . . .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. by William Shakespeare. Sonnet Analysis Prewriting. Part I: Before Reading. S. onnet 90. by Petrarch (trans. By Morris Bishop). She used to let her golden hair fly free.. For the wind to toy and tangle and molest;. Scanning a line of verse to determine its meter. Scansion. Meter. A regular. pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables, its . rythmic. “beat”. Each foot consists of one stressed and one or more unstressed syllables. 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). Translating Today’s Lingo into Shakespeare’s Language. For this activity, you and a partner will pass notes to one another. You will be writing a SILENT conversation. . We will then translate this into a Shakespearean conversation.. Poetry. A lyric is a poem that directly expresses the speaker’s thoughts and emotions in a musical way.. The point of view is usually first person.. Marked by imagination, melody, and emotion, a lyric creates for the reader a single unified impression.. . . . .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. 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..