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Sonnets

Sonnets. English Renaissance 1485-1660. What is a sonnet…. short poem with a specific point or message 14 lines 3 quatrains (4 lines) + rhyming couplet meter & rhyme scheme. Meter-. Regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables (the beat of a poem). Sonnets….

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Sonnets

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  1. Sonnets English Renaissance 1485-1660

  2. What is a sonnet…. • short poem with a specific point or message • 14 lines • 3 quatrains (4 lines) + rhyming couplet • meter & rhyme scheme

  3. Meter- • Regular pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables • (the beat of a poem)

  4. Sonnets…. • Foot- one stressed followed by one or more unstressed syllables • Iamb- unstressed followed by a stressed syllable making a foot

  5. Meter continued- • Dimeter- 2 feet per line = 4 syllables • Trimeter- 3 feet = 6 syllables • Tetrameter- 4 feet = 8 syllables • Pentameter- 5 feet = 10 syllables • Hexameter- 6 feet = 12 syllables

  6. Rhyme Scheme • Last word of particular lines rhyme • First sound = a • 2nd sound = b • c,d,e,f,g, ….. • Matching rhymes get the same letter

  7. Practice labeling the rhyme scheme • Roses are red ____ • Violets are blue ____ • Sugar is sweet ____ • And so are you. ____

  8. Practice labeling the rhyme scheme • Mr. J is a science nerd __ • Mrs. J likes the spoken word __ • They both like their dog __ • But don’t know how to blog __ • and that’s why they get called absurd ___

  9. Couplet • 2 rhyming lines back to back • Usually end a sonnet & make a main point

  10. Wording • Thee, thou = you • Thy = your • ‘ = used to help meter, part of word is ommited • st or t = delete off end

  11. Shakespearean sonnets • 154 sonnets • 14 lines of iambic pentameter 5 feet= 10 syllables unstressed/stressed Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgg Turn- shift in focus in the 3rd quatrian

  12. How to read a sonnet.. • 1. Break it in to 3 quatrains & the couplet • 2. Follow punctuation • 3.Reorder parts of the sentence into modern English (sub-v)

  13. How to read a sonnet cont.. • 4. Visualize the scene • 5. Put in to your own words (by quatrain & then overall) • 6.Usually the same concept is repeated in different ways

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