Sonnets

Background Dedicated to W.H., which most believe to be Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton A section is dedicated to the Dark Lady; who is she? Written around 1595 Themes: –Reproduce –Absence –Betrayal –Rival Poet=Christopher Marlowe? –Dark Lady=?????

Sonnets 14 lines Petrarch Rhyme scheme: abba, abba, cdecde or a version Elizabethean Rhyme scheme: abab, cdcd, efef, gg Elizabethean format is three quatrains and one couplet

When to Stress and When Not to Stress? Iamb= two syllables; an unaccented syllable followed by an accented syllable When to Stress and When not to Stress? –Single-syllable action verbs, nouns, adjectives, and proper nouns are typically naturally stressed. –Single-syllable articles, pronouns, prepositions, conjunctions, helping verbs, and action-less verbs are not typically accented. –Two-syllable words have a dominant syllable that gets stressed. When in doubt, check the dictionary. –Three-syllable words also have one dominant syllable.

Iambic Pentameter Pentameter is a line of 5 feet. A foot is made up of accented and unaccented syllables. Iambic Pentameter is a line of poetry containing 10 syllables/5 feet. Each foot contains an unaccented/ accented syllable