Shakespeares Sonnets Sonnets Shakespeares sonnets were based around

Shakespeare’s Sonnets

Sonnets Shakespeare’s sonnets were based around themes of love, beauty, mortality and politics.

Sonnets They are always 14 lines long and follow a strict rhyming scheme. ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG Shakespeare wrote his sonnets in Iambic Pentameter.

Sonnet 130 My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound; I grant I never saw a goddess go; My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground: And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare.

Sonnet 130 is the rebel sonnet! What imagery does the language create? Is it real love? Is it reality?

The Imagery of Love Think of images that represent love – then twist it! From beautiful. . . to ugly weed! rose. . . to a awet, From sunny, coldhot day! day. . . From. . . to rotten prettyapple! smelling perfume. . .

Structure A B love hate dove mate C D dog fray log tray E F man said tan bed G G cry lie Moans all the time Hogs My dad is the not superman; he can not. Leaves fly. the remote toilet lid up He can not carry the World on his shoulders, But he carries me so high, His stomach is the size of a boulder. My Dad Has a ‘special’ chair Leaves lid off the toothpaste Fat and bald!

In groups Now it’s your turn. . . In your groups you must write an unconventional sonnet around theme of love, following the ABAB CDCD EFEF GG structure of a sonnet. 1. List all the things that irritate you about your love. 2. Think of positive and negative imagery you can use in your sonnet. 3. Write your sonnet in your groups.