1. (Shakespeare´s) Sonnets
by Jürgen Lätte

2. What is a sonnet? Little song 14. Lines strict rhyme scheme
specific structure
Sonneteers
A Shakespearean, or English, sonnet consists of 14 lines, each line containing ten syllables and written in iambic pentameter, in which a pattern of an unimpaired syllable followed by an emphasized syllable is repeated five times.

3. Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey

4. Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
translated Italian sonnets into English
wrote sonnets of their own
Surrey introduced blank verse into the English language in his translation of the Aeneid of Virgil
They replaced Petrarch's scheme of an eight-line verse and six-line verse with three four-line verse and added a two-line conclusion known as a couplet.

5. Shakespeare's sonnets simply The Sonnets
Themes:time, love, beauty and mutability
He wrote 154 poems
SHAKE-SPEARES SONNETS
Thomas Thorpe - an authorized manuscript or an unauthorized copy.
a mysterious dedication
the ongoing Shakespeare authorship question

6. Shakespeare's sonnets The first 17 sonnets are written to a young man.
Most of the sonnets are addressed to a young man expressing the poet's love for him.
Sonnets are written to the poet's mistress expressing his strong love for her.
The final two sonnets, , are allegorical.
Infidelity, self-resolution, criticism

7. Petrarh and Shakespeare
Petrarch’s sonnets focused mainly on one theme, Shakespeare developed many subjects within his themes.
Petrarch’s sonnets were dedicated only to Laura
Shakespeare on the other hand shared a reciprocal love with both his lovers; the objects of his love were “articulate, active partners.”

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