sonnets everything you need to know summarized by yours truly
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SONNETSEverything you need to know summarized
by yours truly
ABOUT THE SONNET
C
omes from the Italian word “sonnetto” which means “little
song”
I
nvented in the 12th century in Italy
F
amous sonnet writers: Wordsworth, Shakespeare,
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
THEMES OF SONNETS
L
ove-written usually in a male’s perspective
P
raises a woman’s beauty then criticizes her for not loving
him back
C
ompares his beloved to a star or other celestial body
(courtly love).
TWO TYPES OF SONNETS
I
talian Sonnets and English Sonnets
B
oth are 14 lines and written in iambic pentameter
I
amb: rhythm of poem; short unstressed syllable followed by a long stressed
syllable
E
ach iamb equals one foot
E
xample: unCLEAR
I GOT THE “IAMB” PART, BUT WHAT’S “PENTAMETER”?
M
eter=number of feet in a single line
P
ENTA= five
P
entameter= 5 feet (beats per line)
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/ -/ -/ -/ -/
L
et’s practice. Read the following line and mark it with iambic pentameter:
My mistress eyes are
nothing like the sun
How many syllables
in all?
ANSWER:
- / - / - / - / - /
M
y mistress eyes are nothing like the
sun
ITALIAN SONNET
Italian
(Petrarchan) Sonnet: 2 parts
1
Octave (group of 8 lines) followed by
1
Sestet (group of 6 lines)
Rhyme
Scheme:
abbaabba cdccdc
ENGLISH SONNET
E
nglish (Shakespearean Sonnet)
4
parts:• 3 quatrains (3 groups of 4 lines)• 1 rhyming couplet (2 lines that rhyme)Rhyme Scheme:
abab cdcd efef gg
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