 Irony –  A disconnect between what is (reality) and what seems to be (appearance).  3 types:  Dramatic – when an audience knows something that the characters on stage do not.  Verbal – using words to compare reality and appearance.  Situational – when events align in a way that compare reality and appearance.  Couplet –  two linked lines of poetry that rhyme.

 A sonnet is a 14 lined poem.  It means “little song.”  It has a strict rhyme scheme.  It uses Iambic Pentameter.  10 syllables per line.  5 beats per line.

However we will focus on: Italian Shakespearean

 Octave: 8 lines describes the conflict or problem  Sestet: 6 lines gives a resolution  Rhyme Scheme: A B A B C D C D E F G E F G

 Because William Shakespeare became a great practitioner.  3 Quatrains and a couplet  Quatrain: 4 lines each  Couplet: 2 lines  The couplet is closed, which means it rhymes.

 The quatrains introduce the problem or conflict.  The couplet introduces the resolution or solution.

 Rhyme Scheme: A B A B C D C D E F E F GG  Uses Iambic Pentameter

 Sonnet 1:  Read the sonnet.  First, look at the sonnet’s construction.  This one has two quatrains (8 lines)  And a sestet (6 lines)  We can assume that the poem is Italian.

 However to be sure we have to look at the rhyme scheme:  It: A  Happen: B  Sit: A  Sin: B Night- C Safely- D Fight- C See- D Today- E Here- F Home- G Say- E Clear- F Alone- G

 Since the sonnet is Italian, we know the problem or conflict is in the first 8 lines.  What is the conflict?  And we know the solution is in the last 6 lines.  What is the resolution?

 Write a paragraph about what sonnet 1 could mean in the past or present?  Journal Entry: How does Sonnet One relate to your life?

 Sonnet 2:  Read the sonnet.  First, look at the sonnet’s construction.  This one has three quatrains (4 lines each)  And a closed couplet (2 lines that rhyme)  We can assume that the poem is Shakespearean.

 But to be sure, we will look at the rhyme scheme:  You- A  Closer- B  Do- A  Sure- B  Me- C  Others- D  See- C  Another- D

 Since the sonnet is Shakespearean, we know the problem or conflict is restated three times in the first three quatrains:  What is the conflict?  And we know the solution is in the last 2 lines- the couplet.  What is the resolution?

 Books- E  TV- F  Look- E  Me- F  Be- G  Me- G

 What does this sonnet mean to you?