1. 1 Basic Sonnet Information (The word sonnet means little song)

2. 2 Italy in the 13 th Century Petrarch 14 lines of romantic love song Made famous by Francesco Petrarch 14 th Century (Petrarchan sonnet) History of the sonnet

3. Sonnets by Shakespeare Shakespearean (or Elizabethan) –Shakespearean sonnets are written in iambic pentameter –William Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets 3

4. 4 14 lines Each line consists of 10 syllables Every other syllable in the line is stressed to give it a rhythm that sounds like da-DUM, da-DUM –Written in iambic pentameter (meter!) Broken into 3 quatrains –A quatrain is a group of 4 lines The last 2 lines are called a couplet. These two lines rhyme Rhyme scheme for a Shakespearean sonnet: abab, cdcd, efef, gg Components of a sonnet

5. 5 Thee = you Thou = you Hath = has Fair = beauty & youth Thy = your

6. 6 Subject = Love Method = Metaphor, imagery, simile. rhyme, form The twist = Volta The method to his madness

7. Turning the Cheesy Sonnet on its head http://www.shakespeares- sonnets.com/sonnet/130http://www.shakespeares- sonnets.com/sonnet/130 7

8. 8 A (sun) B (red) A (dun) B (head) C (white) D (cheeks) C (delight) D (reeks) E (know) F (sound) E (go) F (ground) G (rare) G (compare) Quatrain 1 (lines 1-4) Quatrain 2 (lines 5-8) Quatrain 3 (lines 9-12) Couplet (lines 13-44) Volta-look for transition words such as: but, therefore, however, yet, or, so. These words are a good place to start.

9. 9 You are now a sonneteer. Write one! Requirements: Follow the recipe: 14 lines, 10 syllables per line (iambic pentameter: da-DUM, da-Dum). Only break the rules if you can do it well. Follow the rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efef gg Must use metaphor and volta Recommendation: tackle it in chunks.

10. 10 What should you write about? School, your boyfriend/girlfriend, art, spring, rain, snow, a smile, how depressing/exciting the end of the school year will be for you, missing someone, emptiness, metacognition, love, lunch, spaghetti, dogs, homework, water-skiing, Shakespeare, your favorite book, a vacation, childhood…Whatever. Everything’s good. It can be happy, sad, funny, crazy, serious…Just be creative! Due Typed