SONNETS The fanciest of all love poems

Objective You will be able to identify the qualities of a sonnet by the time you leave

Bell activity: Write a poem about love

Old Dude (e.e. Cummings)Older Dude (William Shakespeare) The Red Pill or the Blue Pill?

e e Cummings; A brief history e e = Edward Estlin Cummings Born October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962 American poet, painter, essayist, author and play right. Over 2,900 poems, 2 autobiographies, 4 plays and multiple essays He has written many sonnets with a modern twist, and has made use of many forms such as acrostics (Where the first letter, syllable, or word of a line spell out a word) and blues (which is a single line repeated four lines in a lyrical fashion). He is most known for his work with syntax (the way you arrange words and phrases) and his lack of punctuation Cummings

Willy Shakes: A History English poet, playwright, actor April 26, 1564-April 26, 1616 Best known for: Hamlet Romeo and Juliet Macbeth A Midsummer Night’s Dream

What the hell is a sonnet? 14 LinesThree Quatrains Couplet Meter (specifically iambic pentameter) Rhyme Scheme

What the hell is a sonnet? 14 LinesThree Quatrains Couplet Meter (specifically iambic pentameter) Rhyme Scheme

Sonnet 17: 14 Lines Who will believe my verse in time to come, If it were fill'd with your most high deserts? Though yet Heaven knows it is but as a tomb Which hides your life and shows not half your parts. If I could write the beauty of your eyes, And in fresh numbers number all your graces, The age to come would say, 'This poet lies, Such heavenly touches ne'er touch'd earthly faces.' So should my papers yellow'd with their age, Be scorn'd like old men of less truth than tongue, And your true rights be term'd a poet's rage And stretched metre of an antique song: But were some child of yours alive that time, You should live twice,-- in it and in my rhyme. Sonnet

Sonnet 17: Rhyme Scheme Who will believe my verse in time to come, If it were fill'd with your most high deserts? Though yet Heaven knows it is but as a tomb Which hides your life and shows not half your parts. If I could write the beauty of your eyes, And in fresh numbers number all your graces, The age to come would say, 'This poet lies, Such heavenly touches ne'er touch'd earthly faces.' So should my papers yellow'd with their age, Be scorn'd like old men of less truth than tongue, And your true rights be term'd a poet's rage And stretched metre of an antique song: But were some child of yours alive that time, You should live twice,-- in it and in my rhyme. A B A B CDCDCDCD EFEFEFEF Sonnet G G

Sonnet 17: Three Quatrains Who will believe my verse in time to come, If it were fill'd with your most high deserts? Though yet Heaven knows it is but as a tomb Which hides your life and shows not half your parts. If I could write the beauty of your eyes, And in fresh numbers number all your graces, The age to come would say, 'This poet lies, Such heavenly touches ne'er touch'd earthly faces.' So should my papers yellow'd with their age, Be scorn'd like old men of less truth than tongue, And your true rights be term'd a poet's rage And stretched metre of an antique song: Sonnet

being to timelessness as it’s to time: 14 Lines being to timelessness as it’s to time, love did no more begin than love will end; where nothing is to breathe to stroll to swim love is the air the ocean and the land (do lovers suffer?all divinities proudly descending put on deathful flesh: are lovers glad?only their smallest joy’s a universe emerging from a wish) love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no opposite in fear; the strength so strong mere force is feebleness: the truth more first than sun more last than star -do lovers love?why then to heaven with hell. Whatever sages say and fools, all’s well Sonnet

being to timelessness as it’s to time: Three Quatrains being to timelessness as it’s to time, love did no more begin than love will end; where nothing is to breathe to stroll to swim love is the air the ocean and the land (do lovers suffer?all divinities proudly descending put on deathful flesh: are lovers glad?only their smallest joy’s a universe emerging from a wish) love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no opposite in fear; the strength so strong mere force is feebleness: the truth more first than sun more last than star Sonnet

being to timelessness as it’s to time: Rhyme Scheme being to timelessness as it’s to time, love did no more begin than love will end; where nothing is to breathe to stroll to swim love is the air the ocean and the land (do lovers suffer?all divinities proudly descending put on deathful flesh: are lovers glad?only their smallest joy’s a universe emerging from a wish) love is the voice under all silences, the hope which has no opposite in fear; the strength so strong mere force is feebleness: the truth more first than sun more last than star -do lovers love?why then to heaven with hell. Whatever sages say and fools, all’s well ABABABAB CDCDCDCD EFEFEFEF GGGG Sonnet

Couplets Sonnet 17 But were some child of yours alive that time, You should live twice,-- in it and in my rhyme. being to timelessness as it’s to time -do lovers love?why then to heaven with hell. Whatever sages say and fools, all’s well GGGG Sonnet GGGG

The basic rhythmic structure of verse What’s the Meter with you Sonnet

Key Terms The meter of a verse can be described as a sequence of feet. Iambs are a kind of foot that is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. When a pair of syllables is arranged as an unstressed followed by a stressed pattern, then the foot is considered iambic. One of the more common kinds of meters is iambic pentameter which is a metrical measurement of five iambs together. Sonnet

Stressed vs. unstressed Say the following words: Being To Timelessness As It’s To Time beING to TIMElessNESS as IT’S to TIME Sonnet

For Iambic feet, it is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed. The rhythm can be written (or remembered) as such: da DUM This is like the human heartbeat and is a good way to remember that rhythm. A line would look something like: da DUM Sonnet

Let’s try it out! Shakespeare Cummings

Rhyme Time

Rhyme These Words Car Wall Chair Line Bike Show Heart Flesh Foot Orange End Fear

How do we map rhymes? We start by labeling the first rhyme with an A and every matching line with an A Every new rhyme is marked by the subsequent letter. So car rhymes with bar  A But cat rhymes with mat  B Cummings

What is the rhyme scheme? Who will believe my verse in time to come, If it were fill'd with your most high deserts? Though yet Heaven knows it is but as a tomb Which hides your life and shows not half your parts. Shakespeare

What is the rhyme scheme here? being to timelessness as it’s to time, love did no more begin than love will end; where nothing is to breathe to stroll to swim love is the air the ocean and the land Cummings

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