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Shakespeare’s Sonnets

Shakespeare’s Sonnets. General Background. Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets Mostly written from 1592 to 1598 First published in 1609. English Style Sonnet. Written in iambic pentameter A sonnet line consists of ten syllables divided into five pairs called iambs or iambic feet.

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Shakespeare’s Sonnets

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  1. Shakespeare’s Sonnets

  2. General Background • Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets • Mostly written from 1592 to 1598 • First published in 1609

  3. English Style Sonnet • Written in iambic pentameter • A sonnet line consists of ten syllables divided into five pairs called iambs or iambic feet. • Iamb is a metrical unit made up of one unstressed followed by one stressed syllable. • An example good BYE

  4. Examples • baBOOM/ baBOOM/ baBOOM/ baBOOM/baBOOM • When I/ do COUNT/ the CLOCK / that TELLS/ the TIME • When IN/ disGRACE/with FOR/tune AND/ men’s EYES • Shall I/ comPARE/ the TO / a SUM/mer’s DAY?

  5. Sonnet Structure • 14 lines in a Shakespearean sonnet • First 12 divided into three quatrains with four lines each • First three quatrains the poet establishes a theme or problem • Resolves in the final two lines called the couplet.

  6. Rhyme Scheme • Quatrains • abab cdcd efef • The couplet is gg

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