Sonnets, Soliloquies, and Hamlet Shakespeare Sonnets, Soliloquies, and Hamlet

Review Poetry Terms Blank Verse Free Verse Heroic Couplet Monometer Scansion Elision Voiced Syllable Shared Line Iamb Trochee Dactyl Spondee Anapest Quatrain Blank Verse Free Verse Heroic Couplet Monometer Dimeter Trimeter Tetrameter Pentameter Hexameter Rhyme Ellipsis Scansion—measuring stresses in a line of verse to determine pattern and meter Elision—omitting a sound in a line of poetry Voiced Syllable—saying a sound in a line of poetry Shared line—continuation of a line over 2 lines of poetry Iamb—unstressed/stressed pattern—But soft what light through yonder window breaks Trochee—stressed/unstressed—Should you ask me whence these stories lie Dactyl—stressed/unstressed/unstressed—elephant, mockingbird Spondee—stressed/stressed—downtown Anapest—unstressed/unstressed/stressed—Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house Quatrain—4 lines of verse—typically every other line rhymes which creates a rhyme scheme of abab; 3 quatrains and a heroic couplet = Shakespearean sonnet Blank verse—unrhymed iambic pentameter without end rhyme Free verse—poetry without regular patterns of rhythm and rhyme Heroic couplet—2 consecutive lines of iambic pentameter with end rhyme Monometer—1 foot Dimeter—2 feet Trimeter—3 feet Tetrameter—4 feet Pentameter—5 feet Hexameter—6 feet

Sonnets Structure of the Shakespearean (English) Sonnet: 14 lines of iambic pentameter Rhyme scheme of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG The last two lines are a heroic couplet Looking at two examples Sonnet 135 and Sonnet 138 Hand out worksheet—TPCASTT is on p. 31 in the survival guide

Sonnet 138 When my love swears that she is made of truth, I do believe her though I know she lies, That she might think me some untutored youth, Unlearned in the world's false subtleties. Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me young, Although she knows my days are past the best, Simply I credit her false-speaking tongue: On both sides thus is simple truth suppressed: But wherefore says she not she is unjust? And wherefore say not I that I am old? O! love's best habit is in seeming trust, And age in love, loves not to have years told: Therefore I lie with her, and she with me, And in our faults by lies we flattered be.

Sonnet 135 Work on this one on your own. Follow the same process that we did as a class. 7 minutes – GO! Let’s discuss what you found. Sexual connotation? The word “will” was an Elizabethan era term for a particular male body part This sonnet is supposedly written to “The Dark Lady”– a woman with dark hair with whom Shakespeare was supposedly having an affair The Dark Lady, while having an affair with Shakespeare, is supposedly also seeing another man named William who is also Shakespeare’s friend Shakespeare is having a relationship with The Dark Lady and understands that she is also having a relationship with the other William Will—in slang terms of the day = male sex organ—penis Symbolically—the fulfillment of a relationship—speaker seems to be questioning whether their relationship is really all that he thinks it is.

Homework Read Sonnet 29 Take notes in your RJ Write an extended paragraph answering the following question: How does Shakespeare use diction and syntax to create a specific tone and convey a central message? Ticket-in-the-door for tomorrow

Review of Homework You were to read Sonnet 29, take notes and compose a paragraph in response to this question: How does Shakespeare use diction and syntax to create a specific tone and convey a central message? Pair up and share your paragraphs Add to your notes any additional insight that you have gained from your partner Share with the class