1 / 11

Shakespearean Sonnets

Shakespearean Sonnets. 9 Easy Steps to Attacking Sonnets. Read the sonnet aloud. Identify the quatrains and couplet by numbering each line; draw a line separating each quatrain and the couplet. Identify and label the rhyme scheme.

zariel
Download Presentation

Shakespearean Sonnets

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Shakespearean Sonnets 9 Easy Steps to Attacking Sonnets

  2. Read the sonnet aloud. Identify the quatrains and couplet by numbering each line; draw a line separating each quatrain and the couplet. Identify and label the rhyme scheme. Annotate the first quatrain by labeling the syllables, identifying iambic pentameter. Read the sonnet aloud. Circle and define any words that are unfamiliar. Describe the figurative language present in each line or groups of lines; take notes in the margin. Summarize/paraphrase each quatrain, and then the couplet; use your notes as a guide. Infer the theme of the sonnet.

  3. SONNET 130 My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;Coral is far more red than her lips' red;If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delightThan in the breath that from my mistress reeks.I love to hear her speak, yet well I knowThat music hath a far more pleasing sound;I grant I never saw a goddess go;My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:   And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare   As any she belied with false compare.

  4. SONNET 130 (1)My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;Coral is far more red than her lips' red;If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. ___________________________________________(5) I have seen roses damask'd, red and white,But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delightThan in the breath that from my mistress reeks. ___________________________________________(9)I love to hear her speak, yet well I knowThat music hath a far more pleasing sound;I grant I never saw a goddess go;My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground: ___________________________________________(13)And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare   As any she belied with false compare.

  5. SONNET 130 (1)My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; aCoral is far more red than her lips' red; bIf snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; aIf hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. b (5)I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, cBut no such roses see I in her cheeks; dAnd in some perfumes is there more delight cThan in the breath that from my mistress reeks. d (9)I love to hear her speak, yet well I know eThat music hath a far more pleasing sound; fI grant I never saw a goddess go; eMy mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground: f (13)And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare g   As any she belied with false compare. g

  6. Iambic Pentameter Definition: a common meter in poetry consisting of an unrhymed line with five feet or accents, each foot containing an unaccented syllable and an accented syllable…thus, totaling 10 syllables per line Etymology: French iambique‘of a foot or verse’ and Greek pentameter ‘measure of five’ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Iambic pentameter is the most common meter in English verse (line). It consists of a line 10 syllables long that is accented on every second beat. (1) My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; a Count the syllables - there should be 10, and label each accented syllable. (1) My – mis – tress – eyes – are – no – thing – like – the – sun; a

  7. SONNET 130 (1)My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; aCoral is far more red than her lips' red; bIf snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; aIf hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. b (5)I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, cBut no such roses see I in her cheeks; dAnd in some perfumes is there more delight cThan in the breath that from my mistress reeks. d (9)I love to hear her speak, yet well I knoweThat music hath a far more pleasing sound; fI grant I never saw a goddess go; eMy mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground: f (13)And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare g   As any she belied with false compare. g

  8. SONNET 130 (1)My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; aCoral is far more red than her lips' red; bIf snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; aIf hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. b (5)I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, cBut no such roses see I in her cheeks; dAnd in some perfumes is there more delight cThan in the breath that from my mistress reeks. d (9)I love to hear her speak, yet well I knoweThat music hath a far more pleasing sound; fI grant I never saw a goddess go; eMy mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground: f (13)And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare g   As any she belied with false compare. g

  9. dun = dull, grayish brown, dark, gloomy damask’d = mistress = a woman who has authority, control or power belied = to show to be false; contradict; to misrepresent

  10. Quatrain 1 = Quatrain 2 = Quatrain 3 = Couplet =

  11. Theme =

More Related