Identify the rhyme scheme and determine what type of sonnet this is using your sonnet notes.

The expense of spirit in a waste of shameIs lust in action; and till action, lustIs perjured, murderous, bloody, full of blame,Savage, extreme, rude, cruel, not to trust,Enjoy'd no sooner but despised straight,Past reason hunted, and no sooner hadPast reason hated, as a swallow'd baitOn purpose laid to make the taker mad;Mad in pursuit and in possession so;Had, having, and in quest to have, extreme;A bliss in proof, and proved, a very woe;Before, a joy proposed; behind, a dream.All this the world well knows; yet none knows wellTo shun the heaven that leads men to this hell.

Essential Question

How does a sonnet’s

structure impact its meaning?

Today… Take out your sonnet notes and

yesterday’s TP-CASTT on “Nuns Fret Not at Their Convent’s Narrow Room

Finish TP-CASTTing the poem.

IAMBIC PENTAMETER

The beatWhen reading a poem out loud, you may notice a sort of “sing-song” quality to it, just like in nursery rhymes. This is accomplished by the use of rhythm. Rhythm is broken into seven types.

•Iambic•Anapestic•Trochaic•Dactylic

•Monosyllabic•Spondaic•Accentual

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Used

These identify patterns of stressed and unstressed syllables in a line of poetry.That means one syllable is pronounced stronger, and one syllable is softer.

iambic:

anapestic:

trochaic:

dactylic:

unstressed

stressed

The length of a line of poetry, based on what type of rhythm is used.

The length of a line of poetry is measured in metrical units called “FEET”. Each foot consists of one unit of rhythm. So, if the line is iambic or trochaic, a foot of poetry has 2 syllables. If the line is anapestic or dactylic, a foot of poetry has 3 syllables.

(This is where it’s going to start sounding like geometry class!)

Each set of syllables is one foot, and each line is measured by how many feet are in it. The length of the line of poetry is then labeled according to

how many feet are in it.

*There are rarely more than 8 feet*

1: Monometer2: Dimeter

3: Trimeter

4: Tetrameter

5: Pentameter6: Hexameter

7: Heptameter

8: Octameter

II.One shade the more, one ray the less,

Had half impaired the nameless graceWhich waves in every raven tress,

Or softly lightens o’er her face;Where thoughts serenely sweet express,

How pure, how dear their dwelling-place.

She Walks in BeautyI.

She walks in beauty, like the nightOf cloudless climes and starry skies;

And all that’s best of dark and brightMeet in her aspect and her eyes:

Thus mellowed to that tender lightWhich Heaven to gaudy day denies.

III.And on that cheek, and o’er that brow,

So soft, so calm, yet eloquent,The smiles that win, the tints that glow,

But tell of days in goodness spent,A mind at peace with all below,

A heart whose love is innocent!

Reading this poem out loud makes

the rhythm evident. Which

syllables are more pronounced?

Which are naturally softer?

Count the syllables in each line to determine

the meter.

Examination of this poem reveals that it would be considered iambic tetrameter.

˘ ΄ ˘ ΄ ˘ ΄ ˘ ΄

Ta-TUM Ta-TUM Ta-TUM

Ta-TUM Ta-TUM

1 2 3

4 5Five Feet!

Shall I com PARE thee TO

a SUM- mer’s DAY?

How sweet

the moon

light sleeps

upon this bank!

WHY did Shakespeare use iambic pentameter?

To show emotion or importance

Shakespeare was meant to be heard! It made it easier for the audience to follow the lines.

It helped the actors to memorize their lines.

It made sure that the actors emphasized the words Shakespeare wanted to emphasize.

Watch where your stressed syllables fall…

As YOU can SEE it’s NOT that HARD to LEARN. You CAN see it’s not THAT hard TO learn THIS.

Which sounds better?? But I am GIV ing YOU a BET ter CAR. I AM giv ING you A bet TER car TOO.

Living iambic pentameterDO!

In sooth I know not why I am so sad.

It wearies me, you say it wearies you

And such a want-wit sadness makes of me

That I have much ado to know myself.

Five (PENTA) feet (IAMBS) = IAMBIC PENTAMETER!

As YOU can SEE it’s NOT that HARD to LEARN. You CAN see it’s not THAT hard TO learn THIS. You CAN write JUST like SHAKE speare DID back

THEN. Did YOU know THAT I’m WRITing LIKE that NOW? And IT gets EA si ER the MORE you TRY. I AMB ic PEN ta ME ter’s NOT that BAD!

You Try! Write 5 lines in iambic pentameter about

yourself – ON YOUR INDEX CARD! Write your name on your card to be

collected, but DO NOT include your name IN the poem so we can guess who wrote it.