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Friday, February 10 th Today is a “B” Day

Friday, February 10 th Today is a “B” Day. Class Objectives By the end of class today, you will: Know the structure of the English Sonnet and iambic pentameter (including meter, rhythm, and blank verse) used by Shakespeare

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Friday, February 10 th Today is a “B” Day

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  1. Friday, February 10thToday is a “B” Day Class Objectives By the end of class today, you will: • Know the structure of the English Sonnet and iambic pentameter (including meter, rhythm, and blank verse) used by Shakespeare • Learn about and discuss gender roles in Romeo and Juliet’s time compared with gender roles of today

  2. Agenda • Iambic pentameter review and activity • Quiz on sonnets and iambic pentameter • Read and discuss gender roles in Romeo and Juliet’s time as compared with gender roles today. (Note: Short Block – stopped on next to last role of males.)

  3. English Sonnet • The English sonnet has fourteen lines divided into threestanzas and one couplet. • It also has a certain rhyme scheme.

  4. English/Shakespearean Sonnet Stanza: Rhyme scheme: a b a b Quatrain 4 lines c d c d Quatrain 4 lines e f e f Quatrain 4 lines Couplet g g 2 lines

  5. English Sonnet • English Sonnets have a certain meter(beat) • This meter is called iambic pentameter.

  6. Iambic pentameter • Good BYE/good BYE/good BYE/good BYE/good BYE iamb (iambic foot=1 pair) Example: This entire line Unstressed + stressed syllable 5 pairs = iambic pentameter

  7. Iambic pentameter Iambic pentameter: Each line=10 syllables = 5 pairs ofsyllables. Pattern:unstressedstressed.

  8. Examples • I AM/a PI/rate WITH/a WOOD/en LEG

  9. Examples • When I/do COUNT/the CLOCK/that TELLS/the TIME (Sonnet 12) • When IN/disGRACE/with FOR/tune AND/ men’s EYESI ALL/aLONE/be WEEP/my OUT/cast STATE (Sonnet 29) • Shall I/comPARE/thee TO/a SUM/mer’s DAY? • Thou ART/more LOVE/ly AND/more TEM/per ATE (Sonnet 18)

  10. Meter • The regular pattern of accented and unaccentedsyllables in a line of poetry.

  11. Rhythm • Uniform or patterned recurrence of a beat or accent.

  12. Blank Verse • Unrhymediambicpentameter is called blank verse. • Blank verse is what Shakespeare used to write most of his plays

  13. Assignments • No assignment this weekend! Read!

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