Sonnet What is sonnet? Literature / Poetry) a verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines in iambic pentameter with rhymes arranged according to a fixed scheme, usually divided either into octave and sestet or, in the English form, into three quatrains and a couplet. http://www.thefreedictionary.com/sonnet

by Jennifer Marie Oliver Example: Kiss the Rain by Jennifer Marie Oliver http://www.poetrysoup.com/poems_poets/poem_detail.aspx?ID=458174

Kiss the rain for it hides the tears As they flow down my face 1 Kiss the rain for it hides the tears A Quatrain 1 2 As they flow down my face B 3 All the bottled up sadness and fears 4 They won't look out of place 5 For no one can tell that I'm in pain C Quatrain 2 6 How heavy my heart may be D 7 When I stand up tall and kiss the rain 8 The drops will hide so no one can see 9 They say the rain will cleanse you E Quatrain 3 10 Just Like a shower or a bath F 11 So I'll use the rain to renew 12 To Decide upon a new path 13 So kiss the rain when you need to G Couplets 14 No one will know but you

PRE-TASK: What is a sonnet? Which era is sonnet originated? Who is William Shakespeare? Play the audio-video in separate file sonnet 18 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-0ZU1dHSPcM

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimmed, And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed: But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st, Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st, So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee

HOMEWORK/ASSIGNMENT: Write a sonnet.

Prepared and presented by Mr. Elmer Ursolino EDS 151