ENGLISH IV THE SONNET FEATURES OF THE SONNET

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ENGLISH IV THE SONNET

ENGLISH IV THE SONNET

FEATURES OF THE SONNET: • “SONNET” IS FROM THELATIN “SONETTO, ” WHICH MEANS LITTLE

FEATURES OF THE SONNET: • “SONNET” IS FROM THELATIN “SONETTO, ” WHICH MEANS LITTLE SONG OR SOUND. • SONNETS HAVE 14 LINES WRITTEN IN IAMBIC PENTAMETER. • SONNETS HAVE A STRICT RHYME SCHEME THAT WILL DEPEND ON THE FORM USED (MORE INFORMATION PROVIDED LATER IN THE NOTES). • THERE ARE TWO MAIN FORMS OF SONNETS: PETRARCHAN AND SHAKESPEAREAN. • ALL OTHER SONNET FORMS ARE BASED ON THESE TWO FORMS.

IAMBIC PENTAMETER • IAMBIC PENTAMETER CONSISTS OF FIVE METRICAL UNITS (FEET) CONSISTING OF ONE

IAMBIC PENTAMETER • IAMBIC PENTAMETER CONSISTS OF FIVE METRICAL UNITS (FEET) CONSISTING OF ONE UNSTRESSED SYLLABLE FOLLOWED BY ONE STRESSED SYLLABLE. • UNSTRESSED AND STRESSED SYLLABLES ARE MARKED LIKE THIS: U/ U/ U/ • THIS MEANS THAT YOU WILL HAVE TEN TOTAL SYLLABLES. • EXAMPLE: U / U / U / ALONG THE ROADSIDE SMILING WHENI PASS

PETRARCHAN SONNET • NAMED AFTER THE ITALIAN POET PETRARCH • DIVIDED INTO TWO STANZAS:

PETRARCHAN SONNET • NAMED AFTER THE ITALIAN POET PETRARCH • DIVIDED INTO TWO STANZAS: ONE OCTAVE (8 LINES) ANDONE SESTET (6 LINES) • RHYME SCHEME: ABBA CDECDE OR ABBA CDCDCD • THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE IS RICH WITH RHYMING WORDS, MAKING IT MORE SUITED TO SUCH A RHYME SCHEME. • THE OCTAVE PRESENTS A QUESTION, ARGUMENT, OR OBSERVATION. • THERE IS A “TURN” (CALLED AVOLTA) AT THE END OF THE OCTAVE IN LINES 7 OR 8. • THE SESTET PRESENTS THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION, ARGUMENT, OR OBSERVATION. • SIR THOMAS WYATT BROUGHT THE PETRARCHAN SONNET TO ENGLAND.

SONNET 90 ~ EXAMPLE OF A PETRARCHAN SONNET Upon the breeze she spread her

SONNET 90 ~ EXAMPLE OF A PETRARCHAN SONNET Upon the breeze she spread her golden hair that in a thousand gentle knots was turned, and the sweet light beyond all measure burned in eyes where now that radiance is rare; and in her face there seemed to come an air of pity, true or false, that I discerned: I had love’s tinder in my breast unburned, was it a wonder if it kindled there? She moved not like a mortal, but as though she bore an angel’s form, her words had then a sound that simple human voices lack; a heavenly spirit, a living sun was what I saw; now, if it is not so, the wound’s not healed because the bow grows slack.

SHAKESPEAREAN SONNET • NAMED AFTER SHAKESPEARE • ALSO CALLED THE ENGLISH SONNET • DIVIDED

SHAKESPEAREAN SONNET • NAMED AFTER SHAKESPEARE • ALSO CALLED THE ENGLISH SONNET • DIVIDED INTO FOUR STANZAS: THREE QUATRAINS AND A COUPLET • RHYME SCHEME: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG • BECAUSE THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE HAS FEWER RHYMES THAN THE ITALIAN LANGUAGE, THE MODIFIED RHYME SCHEME WORKS BETTER FOR ENGLISH. • THE THIRD QUATRAIN CONTAINS A T “ URN, ” AND THE FINAL COUPLET PROVIDES A FINAL CONCLUSION OR TURN.

SPENSERIAN SONNET • VARIANT ON THE ENGLISH FORM • THREE QUATRAINS AND A COUPLET

SPENSERIAN SONNET • VARIANT ON THE ENGLISH FORM • THREE QUATRAINS AND A COUPLET • RHYME SCHEME: ABAB BCBC CDCD EE • THE ALTERED RHYME SCHEME CREATES INTERNAL COUPLETS, WHICH CREATES AN INTERLOCKING RHYME SCHEME. • THE SPENSERIAN SONNET PUTS LESS OF AN EMPHASIS ON THE FINAL COUPLET BECAUSE OF THE INTERLOCKING COUPLETS AND OVERALL FLOW CREATED BY THE INTERLOCKING RHYME.

SONNETS WE ARE COVERING: IN THE TEXTBOOK: P. 326 SONNET 18 S ( HAKESPEARE)

SONNETS WE ARE COVERING: IN THE TEXTBOOK: P. 326 SONNET 18 S ( HAKESPEARE) -TODAY P. 330 SONNET 130 S( HAKESPEARE) -FRIDAY P. 320 SONNET 30 S ( PENSER) -TODAY P. 321 SONNET 75 S ( PENSER) -FRIDAY

SONNET 18 (SHAKESPEARE) – POETRY PACKET P. 4 S HALL I COMPARE THEE TO

SONNET 18 (SHAKESPEARE) – POETRY PACKET P. 4 S HALL I COMPARE THEE TO A SUMMER'S DAY? THOU ART MORE LOVELY AND MORE TEMPERATE: ROUGH WINDS DO SHAKE THE DARLING BUDS OFMAY, AND SUMMER'S LEASE HATH ALL TOO SHORT A DATE: SOMETIME TOO HOT THE EYE OF HEAVEN SHINES, AND OFTEN IS HIS GOLD COMPLEXION DIMM'D; AND EVERY FAIR FROM FAIR SOMETIME DECLINES, BY CHANCE OR NATURE'S CHANGING COURSE UNTRIMM'D; BUT THY ETERNAL SUMMER SHALL NOT FADE NOR LOSE POSSESSION OF THAT FAIR THOU OWEST; NOR SHALL DEATH BRAG THOU WANDER'ST IN HIS SHADE, WHEN IN ETERNAL LINES TO TIME THOU GROWEST: SO LONG AS MEN CAN BREATHE OR EYES CAN SEE, SO LONG LIVES THIS AND THIS GIVES LIFE TO THEE.

SONNET 30 (SPENSER) – POETRY PACKET P. 1&3 MY LOVE IS LIKE TO ICE,

SONNET 30 (SPENSER) – POETRY PACKET P. 1&3 MY LOVE IS LIKE TO ICE, ANDI TO FIRE: HOW COMES IT THEN THAT THIS HER COLD SO GREAT IS NOT DISSOLV'D THROUGH MY SO HOT DESIRE, BUT HARDER GROWS, THE MOREI HER ENTREAT? OR HOW COMES IT THAT MY EXCEEDING HEAT IS NOT DELAYED BY HER HEART FROZEN COLD, BUT THAT I BURN MUCH MORE IN BOILING SWEAT, AND FEEL MY FLAMES AUGMENTED MANIFOLD? WHAT MORE MIRACULOUS THING MAY BE TOLD THAT FIRE, WHICH ALL THING MELTS, SHOULD HARDEN ICE: AND ICE WHICH IS CONGEALED WITH SENSELESS COLD, SHOULD KINDLE FIRE BY WONDERFUL DEVICE? SUCH IS THE POW'R OF LOVE IN GENTLE MIND THAT IT CAN ALTER ALL THE COURSE OF KIND.