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Basic Sonnet Information (The word sonnet means little song)

Explore the art of sonnet writing, specifically the Shakespearean form. Learn the history, structure, and components of sonnets while creating your own masterpiece using metaphor and volta. Embrace your creativity and write about any topic close to your heart in this classic poetic form.

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Basic Sonnet Information (The word sonnet means little song)

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  1. Basic Sonnet Information(The word sonnet means little song)

  2. History of the sonnet • Italy in the 13th Century • Petrarch • 14 lines of romantic love song • Made famous by Francesco Petrarch 14th Century (Petrarchan sonnet)

  3. Sonnets by Shakespeare Shakespearean (or Elizabethan) • Shakespearean sonnets are written in iambic pentameter • William Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets

  4. Components of a sonnet • 14 lines • Each line consists of 10 syllables • Every other syllable in the line is stressed to give it a rhythm that sounds like da-DUM, da-DUM • Written in iambic pentameter (meter!) • Broken into 3 quatrains • A quatrain is a group of 4 lines • The last 2 lines are called a couplet. These two lines rhyme • Rhyme scheme for a Shakespearean sonnet: abab, cdcd, efef, gg

  5. Thee = you Thou = you Hath = has Fair = beauty & youth Thy = your

  6. The method to his madness • Subject = Love • Method = Metaphor, imagery, simile. rhyme, form • The twist = Volta

  7. Turning the Cheesy Sonnet on its head • http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/sonnet/130

  8. A (sun) B (red) A (dun) B (head) C (white) D (cheeks) C (delight) D (reeks) E (know) F (sound) E (go) F (ground) G (rare) G (compare) Quatrain 1 (lines 1-4) Quatrain 2 (lines 5-8) Quatrain 3 (lines 9-12) Couplet (lines 13-44) Volta-look for transition words such as: but, therefore, however, yet, or, so. These words are a good place to start.

  9. You are now a sonneteer. • Write one! • Requirements: Follow the recipe: • 14 lines, 10 syllables per line • (iambic pentameter: da-DUM, da-Dum). Only break the rules if you can do it well. • Follow the rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gg • Must use metaphor and volta • Recommendation: tackle it in chunks.

  10. What should you write about? School, your boyfriend/girlfriend, art, spring, rain, snow, a smile, how depressing/exciting the end of the school year will be for you, missing someone, emptiness, metacognition, love, lunch, spaghetti, dogs, homework, water-skiing, Shakespeare, your favorite book, a vacation, childhood…Whatever. Everything’s good. It can be happy, sad, funny, crazy, serious…Just be creative! Due Typed

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