William Shakespeare is known as one of the original Sonneteers He wrote 154 sonnets The English Sonnet consists of 14 lines SONNET 130 My mistress eyes are nothing like the sun 1 Coral is far more red than her lips red ID: 224282
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The English SonnetSlide2
William Shakespeare is known as one of the original Sonneteers. He wrote 154 sonnets!Slide3
The English Sonnet consists of 14 lines
SONNET 130
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
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Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
2If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; 3If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. 4I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, 5But no such roses see I in her cheeks; 6And in some perfumes is there more delight 7Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. 8I love to hear her speak, yet well I know 9That music hath a far more pleasing sound; 10I grant I never saw a goddess go; 11My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground: 12And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare 13As any she belied with false compare. 14Slide4
English Sonnets have a rhyme scheme of
abab
cdcd
efef gg SONNET 130My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;Coral is far more red than her lips' red;If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delightThan in the breath that from my mistress reeks.I love to hear her speak, yet well I knowThat music hath a far more pleasing sound;I grant I never saw a goddess go;My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground: And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare. ababccddefefg
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English Sonnets consist of three quatrains (stanzas of four lines with alternating rhyme schemes) and an ending couplet (two lines combined by rhyme).
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun
; a
Coral is far more red than her lips' red
; bIf snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; aIf hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. bI have seen roses damask'd, red and white, cBut no such roses see I in her cheeks; dAnd in some perfumes is there more delight cThan in the breath that from my mistress reeks. dI love to hear her speak, yet well I know eThat music hath a far more pleasing sound; fI grant I never saw a goddess go; eMy mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground: fAnd yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare gAs any she belied with false compare. gSonnet 130Slide6
English Sonnets are usually in Iambic Pentameter which consists of stressed and unstressed syllables. (/U)
my MIS/tress’ EYES/ are NOTH/
ing
LIKE/ the SUN
Sonnet 130 line 1: My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sunU / U / U / U / U /