PPT-Sonnets: Sonnetto meaning little song

Petrarchan Shakespearean Modern Petrarch 13041374 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. 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!). 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.. 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. 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. 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. 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 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. . 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.. Definition. Sonnets are poems that usually just focus on one idea. The earliest sonnets were all about love. The name sonnet came from the Old French for little song. Sonnets always have fourteen lines. 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.. Step 1: Find a secular song.. Secular: . sec·u·lar. adjective . 1. of or pertaining to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests. . 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. 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.