A sonnet is a very strict form with a lot of rules…  A sonnet is a lyric poem  All sonnets have fourteen lines  Sonnets are written in iambic pentameter.

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A sonnet is a very strict form with a lot of rules…  A sonnet is a lyric poem  All sonnets have fourteen lines  Sonnets are written in iambic pentameter  Sonnets have a strict rhyme scheme  Sonnets have a definite thought structure

The Two Types of Sonnets  Shakespearean  Also called Elizabethan or English  Divided into 3 quatrains and 1 couplet  Rhyme Scheme= ABAB CDCD EFEF GG  Petrarchan  Also called Italian  Divided into an octave and a sestet  Rhyme Scheme= ABBA ABBA CDECDE or ABBA ABBA CD CD CD

An iamb is a metrical foot or unit consisting of two syllables: a unstressed syllable: U followed by an stressed syllable: / U / a gain U / U / im mor tal ize

Iambic pentameter  One day /I wrote/ her name/ upon/ the strand,  But came the waves and wash ed it a way:  A gain I wrote it with a second hand,  But came the tide, and made my pains his prey -Edmund Spenser, Amoretti, Sonnet U / U / U / U / U /

Rhyme scheme  Like we said earlier… there are two types of sonnets. Each has a different rhyme pattern:  Petrarchan (Italian) rhyme scheme: abba, abba, cd, cd, cd abba, abba, cde, cde  Shakespearean (English, or Elizabethan) rhyme scheme: abab, cdcd, efef, gg

Let’s take a look at a Shakespearean Sonnet….  First we’ll examine the form…  How many lines will it have?  What type of stanzas are those lines divided into?  How many syllables in each line?  And the rhyme scheme?

Sonnet Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed 2. The dear repose for limbs with travel tired; 3. But then begins a journey in my head 4. To work my mind, when body's work's expired: 5. For then my thoughts--from far where I abide 6. Intend a zealous pilgrimage to thee, 7. And keep my drooping eyelids open wide, 8. Looking on darkness which the blind do see: 9. Save that my soul's imaginary sight 10. Presents thy shadow to my sightless view, 11. Which, like a jewel hung in ghastly night, 12. Makes black night beauteous, and her old face new. 13. Lo! thus, by day my limbs, by night my mind, 14. For thee, and for myself, no quiet find. A B A B C D C D E F E F G G Let’s take a look at the rhyme scheme of this sonnet…

Thought structure  Every Shakespearean sonnet is made up of three quatrains and a couplet  Quatrain, quatrain, quatrain, couplet Each quatrain, four lines, describes an idea or situation which leads to a conclusion or response in the couplet, two lines.

1. Weary with toil, I haste me to my bed, 2. The dear repose for limbs with travel tired; 3. But then begins a journey in my head 4. To work my mind, when body's work's expired: 5. For then my thoughts--from far where I abide— 6. Intend a zealous pilgrimage to thee, 7. And keep my drooping eyelids open wide, 8. Looking on darkness which the blind do see: 9. Save that my soul's imaginary sight 10. Presents thy shadow to my sightless view, 11. Which, like a jewel hung in ghastly night, 12. Makes black night beauteous, and her old face new. 13. Lo! thus, by day my limbs, by night my mind, 14. For thee, and for myself, no quiet find.. The first quatrain describes that the speaker needs to rest but cannot mentally rest. The 3 rd quatrain explains that his beloved will light the darkness of the night even in thought. The 2nd quatrain describes the reason the speaker cannot rest (thinking of a loved one). The couplet sums this up. The poem concludes that the speaker will not rest.

Scansion Homework:  Write two lines of iambic pentameter and mark the scansion  Then, write two lines of trochaic pentameter and mark the scansion