WHAT IS A SONNET?
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WHAT IS A
SONNET?
OBJECTIVES:
1. Students will be able to define a Shakespearean sonnet.
OBJECTIVES:
2. Students will be able to analyze a sonnet.
OBJECTIVES:
3. Students will be able to formulate an interpretation of sonnet through analysis.
OBJECTIVES:
4. Students will be able to explain characteristics of a Shakespearean sonnet.
OBJECTIVES:
5. Students will be able to identify Shakespearean sonnet rhyme scheme.
OBJECTIVES:
6. Students will be able to label Shakespearean sonnet rhyme scheme.
DEFINITION:
•A fourteen-line lyric poem focused on a single theme.
•Often written in iambic pentameter.
WHAT IS IAMBIC PENTAMETER?
DEFINITION:
• A line of poetry with five iambs.
Example of beat: da DUM / da DUM / da DUM / da DUM / da DUM * DUM= Stressed
EXAMPLE USING IAMBIC PENTAMETER:
Shall I / compare / thee to / a sum / mer’s day?
TYPE OF SONNET FOCUSING ON FOR UNIT
SHAKESPEREAN
SONNET
LOOKS LIKE:
• Three four –line quatrains plus a concluding two line couplet.•Rhyme sheme: abab cdcd efef gg •Each of the three quatrains usually explores a different variation of the main theme
LOOKS LIKE:
Rhyming couplet-often dramatic statement that resolves, restates, or redefines the central problem of sonnet.
SEQUENCE:
154 Sonnets
Numbered
Addressed to a handsome young man urging him to marry and have children who can carry on young man’s talents.
Rival poet midway through sonnets.
SEQUENCE:
Twenty –five of the later sonnets are addressed to a dark lady.
Review
What is a sonnet?
DEFINITION:
•A fourteen-line lyric poem focused on a single theme.
•Often written in iambic pentameter.
WHAT SPECIFIC SONNET WILL WE BE GOING OVER IN THIS UNIT?
Answer: SHAKESPEREAN
SONNET
WHAT ARE THE CHARACTERISTICS OFA SHAKESPEREAN SONNET?
LOOKS LIKE:
• Three four –line quatrains plus a concluding two line couplet.•Rhyme sheme: abab cdcd efef gg •Each of the three quatrains usually explores a different variation of the main theme
LOOKS LIKE:
Rhyming couplet-often dramatic statement that revolves, restates, or redefines the central problem of sonnet.
Any questions?