Iambic Pentameter and Sonnets Shakespeare and Sonnets Shakespeare

Iambic Pentameter and Sonnets

Shakespeare and Sonnets • Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets in addition to his plays. • He even added sonnets into his plays. – Romeo and Juliet prologue – When Romeo and Juliet first meet.

Iambic Pentameter • A sound pattern • Kept things moving in the play (like a drum beat) • Made the words & play more interesting • Helped the actors remember their lines (like a song)

Iambic • IAM: one unaccented (or unstressed) syllable with one accented syllable • Each IAM of two syllables is called a foot • It’s like a heartbeat: – ba-bum | ba-bum – I AM | I AM

Pentameter • Penta = 5, Meter = sound • Iambic Pentameter – Five “feet” per line – Ten syllables total per line – he WENT to TOWN to. DAY to BUY a CAR – In SOOTH / I KNOW / not WHY / I AM / so SAD

Iambic Pentameter • I saw the goat behind the open fence. • I saw the behind of the hungry goat! • Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind.

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-Shakespearean Rhyme Scheme Understanding the Quatrains of a Sonnet: A B C D E F G G > > 1 st Quatrain: Establishes the subject, main theme, or main metaphor of the sonnet. 2 nd Quatrain: Develops the sonnet’s theme. Extends the metaphor. 3 rd Quatrain: Often contains a turn or twist called a volta, introduced with the word “but. ” 4 th Quatrain: Rhymed couplet. Conclusion to the sonnet.

GOAL/OBJECTIVE • Recognize the characteristics of Shakespearean sonnet in writing and verbally. • Compose the first four lines of a Shakespearean sonnet.

What are the characteristics of a Shakespearean sonnet? • 14 lines – 3 quatrains (4 lines each) – 1 couplet (2 lines) • Follows the same rhyme scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGG • Each line is written in iambic pentameter – Each line consists of 10 syllables. – The syllables are divided into five pairs called iambs. – An iamb= unstressed syllable followed by one stressed syllable

Examples of iambic pentameter? ba. BOOM/ ba. BOOM • How many syllables? • Pattern?

Examples of Iambic Pentameter When I / do COUNT/ the CLOCK/ that TELLS/ the TIME When IN/ dis GRACE/ with FOR/ tune AND / men’s EYES • How many syllables per line? • Pattern?

• How many syllables per line? – 10 • Pattern – Unstressed

Romeo and Juliet Prologue Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Do with their death bury their parents' strife. The fearful passage of their death-mark'd love, And the continuance of their parents' rage, Which, but their children's end, nought could remove, Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage; The which if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend. A B A C D E F G G B

Shakespearean Sonnet 1. 14 lines 2. Rhyme scheme: ABABCDCDEFEFGG 3. Iambic pentameter- 10 syllables per line (unstressed)

Romeo and Juliet Prologue • Divide the sonnet into syllables and label its rhyme scheme.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Rhyme Scheme Two house holds both a like in dig ni ty A In fair ve ro na where we lay our scene B

Now you try it!! • Using the rhyme scheme and form of a Shakespearean sonnet, write your own sonnet about new love, lost love, a beautiful day, a terrible day, or anything you wish (as long as it is appropriate). • Use grid to write your sonnet. Use a pencil. • If you cannot come up with a topic, I will assign one.

Example • Topic= Friends On a bright sun ny day I met a friend I re call the day like It was to day I knew we would be friends un til the end I miss you a since you went a way lot

Reflection/Summary • Recognize the characteristics of Shakespearean sonnet in writing and verbally. • Compose the first four lines of a Shakespearean sonnet. • Something that is becoming clear to me about the Shakespearean sonnet…. .