Sonnet 130 by William Shakespeare Sonnet Analysis Prewriting

“Sonnet 130” by William Shakespeare Sonnet Analysis Prewriting

Part I: Before Reading Sonnet 90 by Petrarch (trans. By Morris Bishop) • She used to let her golden hair fly free. For the wind to toy and tangle and molest; Her eyes were brighter than the radiant west. (Seldom they shine so now. ) I used to see • Pity look out of those deep eyes on me. ("It was false pity, " you would now protest. ) I had love's tinder heaped within my breast; What wonder that the flame burnt furiously? • She did not walk in any mortal way, But with angelic progress; when she spoke, Unearthly voices sang in unison. • She seemed divine among the dreary folk Of earth. You say she is not so today? Well, though the bow's unbent, the wound bleeds on.

Part I: Before Reading A. Poet • William Shakespeare (1564 -1616) • Wrote 154 sonnets • Together, the sonnets tell a story • main characters: a young nobleman, a lady, a poet, and a rival poet

Part I: Before Reading B. Structure • Shakespearean Sonnet • Rhyme scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG • Rhyming Couplet • Lines 13 and 14 • Presents a reversal in thought

Part I: Before Reading C. Literary Elements • simile: comparison using like or as • metaphor: comparison without using like or as • parody: a work created to mock, comment on, or make fun of another work, author, or style

Part II: During Reading • http: //www. youtube. com/watch? v=O 3 GSwrb 9 _NQ

Part II: During Reading B. Second Reading: Paraphrase each line. 1 My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; My mistress' eyes are not like the sun; 2 Coral is far more red than her lips' red; Coral is much more red than her lips; 3 If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If snow is white, then her breasts are a brownish gray; 4 If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. If hairs are like wires, hers are black and not golden.

Part II: During Reading 5 I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, I have seen damask roses, red and white, 6 But no such roses see I in her cheeks; But I do not see those colors in her cheeks; 7 And in some perfumes is there more delight And some perfumes give more delight 8 Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. Than the horrid breath of my mistress.

Part II: During Reading 9 I love to hear her speak, yet well I know I love to hear her speak, but I know 10 That music hath a far more pleasing sound; That music has a more pleasing sound; 11 I grant I never saw a goddess go; I've never seen a goddess walk; 12 My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground: But I know that my mistress walks only on the ground:

Part II: During Reading 13 And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare And yet I think my love is as rare 14 As any she belied with false compare. As any woman who has been misrepresented by ridiculous comparisons.

Part II: During Reading • Lines 1 -12 • Description of what his love doesn’t look like • Lines 13 -14 • He still loves her as much as women whose beauty has been misrepresented by ridiculous comparisons are loved

Part II: During Reading • B. Third Reading: Find examples of literary elements. Provide the line number(s) for the examples. Explain the purpose of the literary elements within the poem. • Simile • 1 -3 • 1: eyes (nothing) like the sun • 2: lips (not) as red as coral • 3: breasts as white as snow (if the poem was not a parody) • Purpose: to show the reader what his mistress looks like (or doesn’t look like) in order to show that she looks like a normal person with imperfections

Part II: During Reading • B. Third Reading: Find examples of literary elements. Provide the line number(s) for the examples. Explain the purpose of the literary elements within the poem. • Metaphor • 4, 7 -8, 9 -10 • • 4: her hairs are black wire 7 -8: breath is not perfume 9 -10: voice is music (if the poem was not a parody) Purpose: to show the reader what his mistress looks like (or doesn’t look like) in order to show that she looks like a normal person with imperfections

Part II: During Reading • B. Third Reading: Find examples of literary elements. Provide the line number(s) for the examples. Explain the purpose of the literary elements within the poem. • Parody • 1 -12 • Purpose: • to mock poets that make ridiculous comparisons about the women they love • to show that he is still in love even though his woman is a normal person with imperfections

Part III: After Reading C. Body Paragraphs – Elaboration • A. The first literary element I selected to convey meaning is simile. • 1. Example: “My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun”: the purpose is to show that her eyes are not as bright as the sun—they are normal (line: 1) • 2. Example: “Coral is far more red than her lips’ red”: the purpose is to show that her lips are not as red as coral • (line: 2)

Group Work • In groups (that I will choose) analyze one of Shakespeare’s sonnets. • I will assign each group one of four sonnets on the handout. • Follow the same steps we did together for Sonnet 130. • Then we will come together as a class, and each group will share their group’s analysis.