1. Sonnet 1 - Shakespeare
Let’s Analyze this!

2. Sonnet Form WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS? 14 lines? Rhyme Scheme?
Quatrains? Couplet?
What is wrong with the this sonnet? What doesn’t follow the rules?
Syllables?
It is conversational, shakespeare said it in a way that it rhymed.

3. Themes Beauty The passage of human life in time Virtue
Wasteful self-consumption
Love of a young man in which he holds him above all else (procreation)

4. Imagery?

5. Literary Devices
Alliteration (1st consonance): L. 1, 4-6, 8, 11 – used to convey the message of beauty
Metaphor: L. 2- the beauty of the man is compared to that of a rose
Symbolism: L. 2, 6, 9 – there are roses, flames, an fresh ornaments represent the beauty of human beings and their duty to reproduce

6. Literary Devices
Personification: L. 3, 6 – as time passes the person will grow older and eventually die

7. MLA FORMAT! We’ve discussed it before, to jog your memories….
In-text citations for MLA and poems are:
(author line #).
(Hiralal 12-14) OR (Ko 15)
This is for when you refer to the poem in your summary paragraph.

8. Burns, Robert. "Red, Red Rose." New York: Dover, 1995. 26. Print.
MLA FORMAT!
At the end of your paragraph, you must remember to have a works cited:
Work(s) Cited
Last Name, First Name. “Title of the poem.” City of Publishing: Publisher, Year. Page. Medium of Publication.
Burns, Robert. "Red, Red Rose."  New York: Dover, Print.