1. Do Now: Take out your note cards
On your own do Completing the Sentences (p. 101) AND Synonyms and Antonyms (p. 102)
Go over answers at 12:15
Friday Unit 9 Vocabulary Quiz AND worksheet due.
Notes on Sonnets
Work in pairs to (line by line) paraphrase:
Sonnet 30 and 75 by Spenser (p )
Sonnet 169 and 292 by Petrarch (p )
We will go over the poems at 1 pm.
Paraphrases will be collected at end of class (1 turned in copy per pair)

2. Sonnets Origins of the Sonnet:
Originated in Italy in the 13th century.
Sonnet means “little song” in Italian
Types of Sonnets:
Petrarchan (Italian sonnet)
English Sonnet
Originated by Sir Thomas Wyatt who was allegedly writing about Ann Boleyn
Shakespearean
Spenserian
General Structure of the Sonnet:
14 line lyric poem with a specific rhyme scheme and structure depending on its type.

3. Petrarchan Sonnet Two Part Structure
Octave (first 8 lines) describes the speaker’s situation or predicament
abbaabba rhyme scheme
Sestet (last 6 lines) resolves, concludes or expresses a reaction to that situation
cdcdcd OR cdecde rhyme scheme

4. Spenserian Sonnet
Similar to Shakespearean Sonnet BUT the rhyme schemes are linked
abab bcbc cdcd ee