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The Sonnet

The Sonnet. From the Italian: “little song”. Traditionally a love poem with 14 lines and strict rules of rhyme and meter. http://www.wga.hu/art/l/leyster/serenade.jpg. a b a b c d c d e f e f g g. The Shakespearean Sonnet or English Sonnet. 14 lines. Rhyme Scheme:.

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The Sonnet

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  1. The Sonnet From the Italian: “little song” Traditionally a love poem with 14 lines and strict rules of rhyme and meter http://www.wga.hu/art/l/leyster/serenade.jpg

  2. a b a b c d c d e f e f g g The Shakespearean Sonnetor English Sonnet 14 lines Rhyme Scheme: http://personal.cityu.edu.hk/~enrodney/Shakespeare/Shakespeare2.JPG

  3. R H Y M E Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? A Thou art more lovely and more temperate: B Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, A And summer's lease hath all too short a date: B Quatrain #1: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, C And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; D And every fair from fair sometime declines, C By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; D Quatrain #2: But thy eternal summer shall not fade E Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; F Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, E When in eternal lines to time thou growest: F Quatrain #3: So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, G So long lives this and this gives life to thee. G Final Couplet: http://www.dimd.nait.ca/~charney1/lessons/poet/images/wsp1.jpg

  4. Iambic pentameter (mostly) • Iamb: a metric “foot” of two syllables: unstressed followed by stressed: traPEEZE; unDONE; puhLEEZE • Iambic pentameter: five iambic feet per line ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / Shall I / comPARE / thee TO / a SUM / mer's DAY? Click here to see Shakespeare on Youtube http://www.english-crafts.co.uk/peopleimages/william_shakespeare.jpg

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