Sonnet 43 Sonnet 116 Elizabeth Barret Browning William

Sonnet 43 & Sonnet 116 Elizabeth Barret Browning William Shakespeare • To discuss different types of Sonnet. • To analyse Sonnet 43 and Sonnet 116. • How many lines does a sonnet have? • What is iambic pentameter? • What is a quatrain?

Petrarchan Sonnet • A sonnet form popularized by the poet Petrarch, consisting of an octave with the rhyme scheme ABBA and of a sestet with one of several rhyme schemes, such as CDECDE or CDCDCD. • Also called an Italian sonnet.

Shakespearean Sonnet • A 14 line stanza written in iambic pentameter, that employs the rhyme scheme ABAB, CDCD, EFEF, GG. It can be divided into three quatrains and a couplet. • Iambic Pentameter: Lines of poetry that can be divided into 5 metric feet with alternately unstressed and stressed syllables. • Scansion: How we annotate meter in poetry using: Breves ˘ (unstressed) and Slashes / (stressed) ˘ / ˘ / ˘ / We stress| the words | we want | the world | to hear • Volta: a ‘turn’- is a dramatic change in thought and/or emotion in a poem.

Sonnet 116 Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove. O no! it is an ever-fixed mark That looks on tempests and is never shaken; Label the features of this Shakespearean Sonnet, including: • The rhyme scheme • The quatrains and rhyming couplet. • The volta Look at the words highlighted. what do they mean? It is the star to every wand'ring bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle's compass come; Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom. If this be error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved. Annotate any language techniques (including repetition, personification, metaphor, caesura etc. ) • • Impediments = Problems Ever-fixed = Never ending Tempests = Storms (real and emotional) Bark = Ship Compass = Range Doom= implicitly refers to doomsday Bending sickle = A sickle is a curved blade typically used for harvesting grain. Death typically holds a sickle.

‘The message of Sonnet 116 is that true love is everlasting. ’ What evidence can support this statement? Example: “It is the star to every wand’ring bark” – This refers to the North Star that helps to guide ships safely. This metaphor suggests that love is everlasting because like the star it will never change, and always be true. Explanation = What is the literal and figurative meaning? Language Analysis = What technique is used, and why? What are the key words and what do they connote? Audience = What is the message to the audience?

Sonnet 43 How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of being and ideal grace. I love thee to the level of every day’s Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light. I love thee freely, as men strive for right. I love thee purely, as they turn from praise. I love thee with the passion put to use In my old griefs, and with my childhood’s faith. I love thee with a love I seemed to lose With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death. This sonnet differs from ‘Sonnet 116’, which is a Shakespearean sonnet. ‘Sonnet 43’ is a Petrarchan sonnet. • Work out the rhyme scheme and annotate. • How many quatrains are there? • How many lines does the sonnet end with?

Sonnet 43 • In what ways does Browning say she loves the speaker? • What point is Browning making about her feelings?

Let me count the ways! I love thee… Quote Explanation “to the depth and breadth and height my The speaker is saying that her love for the subject fills her entire soul can reach, when feeling out of sight soul, but even then is even larger- it extends out past her soul to for the ends of Being and Ideal Grace. ” places beyond even herself and her soul. • “to the level of everyday’s most quiet need, by sun and candlelight” • “freely, as men strive for Right” • “Purely, as they turn from Praise” • “With the passion, put to use in my old griefs… and with my childhood’s faith” • “with the love I seem to lose with my lost Saints” • “I love thee with the breath, smiles, tears, of all my life!”

“…if God choose, I shall but love thee better after death. ” What is Browning saying with her final line?

Storyboarding 116 If you had to create your own animation of this poem, what main images would you use?

How does Browning present her feelings of love? • Write 2 PEELA Paragraphs with extended language analysis. • Write one PEELA Paragraph with extended language analysis, including word level analysis. • Write one PEELA answering this question.