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Sonnets

Sonnets. Vocabulary. Irony – A disconnect between what is (reality) and what seems to be (appearance). 3 types: Dramatic – when an audience knows something that the characters on stage do not. Verbal – using words to compare reality and appearance.

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Sonnets

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  1. Sonnets

  2. Vocabulary • Irony – • A disconnect between what is (reality) and what seems to be (appearance). • 3 types: • Dramatic – when an audience knows something that the characters on stage do not. • Verbal – using words to compare reality and appearance. • Situational – when events align in a way that compare reality and appearance. • Couplet – • two linked lines of poetry that rhyme.

  3. What is a sonnet? • A sonnet is a 14 lined poem. • It means “little song.” • It has a strict rhyme scheme. • It uses Iambic Pentameter. • 10 syllables per line. • 5 beats per line.

  4. There are multiple types… However we will focus on: Italian Shakespearean

  5. Italian • Octave: 8 lines describes the conflict or problem • Sestet: 6 lines gives a resolution • Rhyme Scheme: A B A B C D C D E F G E F G

  6. Shakespearean • Because William Shakespeare became a great practitioner. • 3 Quatrains and a couplet • Quatrain: 4 lines each • Couplet: 2 lines • The couplet is closed, which means it rhymes.

  7. Shakespearean • The quatrains introduce the problem or conflict. • The couplet introduces the resolution or solution.

  8. Shakespearean • Rhyme Scheme: A B A B C D C D E F E F GG • Uses Iambic Pentameter

  9. Deciphering Sonnets • Sonnet 1: • Read the sonnet. • First, look at the sonnet’s construction. • This one has two quatrains (8 lines) • And a sestet (6 lines) • We can assume that the poem is Italian.

  10. Deciphering Sonnets • Night- C • Safely- D • Fight- C • See- D • Today- E • Here- F • Home- G • Say- E • Clear- F • Alone- G • However to be sure we have to look at the rhyme scheme: • It: A • Happen: B • Sit: A • Sin: B

  11. Deciphering Sonnets • Since the sonnet is Italian, we know the problem or conflict is in the first 8 lines. • What is the conflict? • And we know the solution is in the last 6 lines. • What is the resolution?

  12. What does Sonnet 1 mean to you? • Write a paragraph about what sonnet 1 could mean in the past or present? • Journal Entry: How does Sonnet One relate to your life?

  13. Deciphering Sonnets • Sonnet 2: • Read the sonnet. • First, look at the sonnet’s construction. • This one has three quatrains (4 lines each) • And a closed couplet (2 lines that rhyme) • We can assume that the poem is Shakespearean.

  14. Deciphering Sonnets • But to be sure, we will look at the rhyme scheme: • You- A • Closer- B • Do- A • Sure- B • Me- C • Others- D • See- C • Another- D

  15. Deciphering Sonnets • Since the sonnet is Shakespearean, we know the problem or conflict is restated three times in the first three quatrains: • What is the conflict? • And we know the solution is in the last 2 lines- the couplet. • What is the resolution?

  16. Deciphering Sonnets • Books- E • TV- F • Look- E • Me- F • Be- G • Me- G

  17. What does Sonnet 2 mean to you? • What does this sonnet mean to you?

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