Shakespeare’s Writing

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Shakespeare’s Writing A guide to tragedies, soliloquies, dramatic irony, iambic pentameter, and sonnets

Tragedy In drama, tragedy refers to: A dramatic composition dealing with a serious theme, typically that of a great person destined for a downfall due to a character flaw or fate Tragedies usually end poorly and sad—they’re tragic—duh!!

Soliloquy A soliloquy is when a character in a play gives a speech while he/she is alone on stage It is the way authors show us what that character is thinking—it is supposed to be their internal thoughts

Dramatic Irony Dramatic irony occurs when the audience knows/sees what is happening but the character in the play does not Think about when the girl goes down the stairs in the horror movie but you’re saying to her “don’t do that!” because you know the monster is there and she doesn’t Maybe this could be when a character thinks she is giving a soliloquy but really that jerk Romeo is hiding under her balcony??

Stanza A division or unit of a poem that is repeated in the same form Similar or identical patterns or rhyme and meter Variations from one stanza to another

Rhyme Scheme The pattern of rhymes at the end of each line of a poem or song Usually referred to by using letters to indicate which lines rhyme Lines designated with the same letter all rhyme with each other

Meter The measured pattern of rhythmic accents in poems

Iambic Pentameter Iambic Pentameter These are some fancy words that have to do with the rhythm (the pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables) of a line of poetry

Blank Verse A line of poetry or prose in unrhymed iambic pentameter For example: “Birches” When I see birches bend to left and right / Across the lines of straighter darker trees, / I like to think some boy’s been swinging them.

Couplet A pair of rhymed lines than may or may not constitute a separate stanza in a poem Usually found at the end of a sonnet For example: Shakespeare’s sonnets “For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings / That then I scorn to change my state with kings.”

Sonnet A fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter The Shakespearean or English sonnet is arranged as three quatrains and a final couplet Rhyme-abab cdcd efef gg The Petrarchan or Italian sonnet divides into parts: an eight-line octave and a six-line sestet Rhyme-abba abba cde cde OR abba abba cd cd cd

Simile A figure of speech involving a comparison between unlike things using like, as or as though For example: “My love is like a red, red rose.”

Metaphor A comparison between essentially unlike things without an explicitly comparative word such as like or as For example: “My love is a red, red rose.”

Personification The endowment of inanimate objects or abstract concepts with animate or living qualities. For example: “The yellow leaves flaunted their color gaily in the breeze.”

Alliteration The repetition of consonant sounds, especially at the beginning of words For example: “Fetched fresh, as I suppose, off some sweet wood.”

i KNOW you WILL beGIN to UNderSTAND! Iam It just means you go “unstressed, stressed” Penta It means “group of five” so you’ve got five sets of “unstressed, stressed” This means that there are TEN syllables in an iambic pentameter line =Iam(bic) Penta(meter)! Can you read the title of this slide in iambic pentameter?

i AM a PIrate WITH a WOODen LEG! Let’s walk it out…

SmartBoard Practice with Iambic Pentameter

Shakespearean Sonnet Shakespearean Sonnet A Shakespearean sonnet is a 14 line poem that is written in iambic pentameter and follows a specific rhyme scheme Three quatrains followed by a rhymed couplet Oh yeah, that couplet usually gives you some kind of key to unlock the meaning of the poem…

What were all those words? Rhyme Scheme: The rhyming pattern an poet uses Shakesperean sonnet’s rhyme scheme is: abab, cdcd, efef, gg Quatrain: -A verse of poetry that is four lines long (quad) Couplet: Can you guess? Yep! 2 lines long! (couple)

Here’s what it looks like: A B first quatrain B C D second quatrain D E F third quatrain F G final couplet G

SmartBoard Practice with Sonnet