Shakespeare Rockiths The Bard, The Freytag, The Sonnets

Who was Shakespeare? m/watch?v=CIB8rpuNU7 k m/watch?v=CIB8rpuNU7 k

Gustav Freytag & his pyramid A German Dramaturge (a literary advisor in the theatre who helped playwrights and directors) wrote Technik des Dramas in 1863 in which he explained a system for DRAMATIC STRUCTURE which was later named FREYTAG’S PYRAMID

Activity In your groups, create a FREYTAG PYRAMID using a movie or your favorite animated movie. (Think Pixar and Disney!)

Sonnets and Iambic Pentameter Rhythms of Life

Sonnets A Sonnet is a verse form that typically refers to a concept of unattainable love. A sonnet is a form of lyric poetry Lyric poetry presents the deep feelings and emotions of the poet Song lyrics are also considered poetry The topic of most sonnets written in Shakespeare's time were love or a theme related to love.

Where did they come from? Sonnets were first developed by the Italian poet, Francesco Petrarca. Petrarchan sonnets depict the addressed his love in hyperbole made her a model of perfection and inspiration. Those eyes, 'neath which my passionate rapture rose, The arms, hands, feet, the beauty that erewhile Could my own soul from its own self beguile, And in a separate world of dreams enclose, The hair's bright tresses, full of golden glows,

What makes a sonnet? Sonnet form: 14 lines, ababcdcdefefgg, 10 syllables each line Iambic pentameter ( which is the rhythm of pairing ten syllables)

Iambic pentameter “Iambic pentameter is the rhythm of our English language and of our bodies – a line of that poetry has the same rhythm as our heartbeat. A line of iambic pentameter fills the human lung perfectly, so it’s the rhythm of speech.” --Ben Crystal(Shakespearean actor)

What else? Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets. Mostly about the theme of love… They contained metaphors, similes, hyperbole and other forms of figurative language.

Decoding figurative language What is the poem saying? What does the poet mean? By using metaphors and similes we can figure it out… Try this one: Sonnet #130

Before we start Dun: brownish gray color Damask: grayish-pink color Belied: to contradict; to cancel out or to show that something is not real

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 there is more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That 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.

But what does it mean? Metaphors? Similes? Hyperbole? Is he being sarcastic or is he being sincere? Why do you think that?

10 th grade students wrote these opening stanzas… His eyes, to me stand out like heaven’s stars His lips, be soft to kiss a floating cloud His arms hold me, so safe like golden bars Hold me close and make me oh so aroused. I love her like fat boys do love cupcakes I like when she shakes what her mom gave her. With that smile, my heart is what she takes When with her, like batter, my feelings stir. His eyes like choc’late melting in the sun Liquid pools of love to see into mine Cheeks like meat under a hamburger bun. He is edible love and oh so fine.

Due Next Class!! Write a sonnet & Don’t forget the iambic pentameter and some juicy figurative language that expresses the way you feel. This one is about love Romantic, Family, Friend, Pet, Food, etc. – Just something you love!!