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Sonnets

Sonnets. Assignment #1. Read pages 223-224. Study – quiz on Friday Think about the main topic and the structure of Shakespeare's sonnets Vocabulary terms: turn, Shakespearean sonnet, Italian sonnet. Assignment #2. Read “Sonnet 29” on page 225. Note the logical and formal organization.

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Sonnets

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  1. Sonnets

  2. Assignment #1 • Read pages 223-224. • Study – quiz on Friday Think about the main topic and the structure of Shakespeare's sonnets Vocabulary terms: turn, Shakespearean sonnet, Italian sonnet

  3. Assignment #2 • Read “Sonnet 29” on page 225. • Note the logical and formal organization. Due Friday.

  4. “Sonnet 29” Discussion • Vocabulary Term: Complaint Poem • Plaintive poem – the laments and pleas of unrequited lovers • Sonnet 29 – begins as a complaint poem • Cite the complaints • Cite the unexpected end

  5. “Sonnet 29” Discussion • Let’s talk syntax! • Poem = one sentence • 1st introductory clause = lines 1-8 (“When”) • 2nd introductory clause = lines 8-9 (“Yet”) • Main clause = line 10 (“Haply”) • Shift in tone

  6. “Sonnet 29” Discussion • Note the difference between two realities: • Social world / Natural world • Effect of so many lines to the complaint and so few to the cure? • Contemporary version?

  7. “Sonnet 29” • AP multiple choice practice • Discuss

  8. Assignment #3 • Read “Sonnet 73” / page 226 • Note the logical and formal organization.

  9. “Sonnet 73” Discussion • Metaphors? • 3 models for life? • Significance? • How does the speaker’s advancing age affect his beloved?

  10. “Sonnet 73” Theme • Connect - death, time, and love • Metaphors • Use the turn to also connect these 3 concepts in the theme • Connect to the tone

  11. Assignment #4 • Read Sonnets 116 and 130 / pages 228-229 for Monday • Note the logical and formal organization for both.

  12. “Sonnet 116” Discussion • Love is… • Love is NOT… • Synecdoche • Sickle allusion? • Metaphors? • Personification?

  13. “Sonnet 130” • Vocabulary: conceit (extended metaphor) • Write your own conceit – any topic

  14. “Sonnet 55” • AP multiple choice practice • Discuss

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