The Sonnet Mr. Laurich

Quick Write When you hear the term sonnet what comes to mind? Have you ever read or written a sonnet?

The Sonnet Made famous by William Shakespeare Two types of sonnets (Italian & English) Each has a total of 14 lines Sonnets have set lengths & rhyme schemes Modern Sonnets may be a single stanza

Italian Sonnets Original form of sonnet Broken into two stanzas (8 lines & 6 lines) Rhyme scheme dependent on stanza 1st stanza: abbaabba 2nd stanza: cdecde/cdccdc/cdedce

English (Shakespearean) Sonnets Started as variation of Italian Sonnet Brought to England by Thomas Wyatt Broken into 3 quatrains (4 lines) and a rhyming couplet (2 lines) Rhyme Scheme: abab cdcd efef gg Rhyme Scheme #2: abab bcbc cdcd ee

Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? A Thou art more lovely and more temperate: B Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, A And summer's lease hath all too short a date: B Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, C And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; D And every fair from fair sometime declines, C By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; D But thy eternal summer shall not fade E Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; F Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, E When in eternal lines to time thou growest: F So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, G So long lives this and this gives life to thee. G

Answer The Following What are the two main types of Sonnets? How is an Italian Sonnet set up? How many different rhyme schemes can the 2nd stanza have in an Italian Sonnet? Who made sonnets famous in England? Did Sonnet 18 match the rhyme scheme discussed? Are all sonnets broken up into stanzas?

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