PPT-Shakespearean Sonnet Structure:

Rhythm Meter and Rhyme 1 2 What is a sonnet A sonnet is a fourteenline poem in iambic pentameter Iambic Pentameter  Iambic Pentameter is the rhythm and meter in which poets and playwrights wrote in Elizabethan England . Lima. AP LIT & COMP.. Little Songs. Sonnet. Popular classical form that’s compelled poets for centuries. From the Italian . “. sonetto. ”, which means “a little sound or song”. Sonnet Structure. A short history of the sonnet. The term “sonnet” derives from the Italian “. sonetto. ”, a “. little sound or song. ”.. The first examples are those written by . Iacopo. . da. . Lentini. Contributions by Glenn Everett, University of Tennessee at Martin, and Vince Gotera, University of Northern Iowa. The Sonnet. A sonnet is a fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter with a carefully patterned rhyme scheme. Other strict, short poetic forms occur in English poetry (the sestina, the villanelle, and the haiku, for example), but none has been used so successfully by so many different poets. . . . . .And Probably Didn’t Want to Ask. . . .. Sonnets. 14 line lyric. Single stanza. Iambic pentameter line. Intricate rhyme scheme. Often written in narrative sequences—sonnet sequence. Often concerned with love and desire. Edmund Spenser. Edmund Spenser. 1552 - 1599. A Cambridge graduate (with an M.A.), Spenser lived under Elizabeth I’s rule. He wrote . The Faerie . Queene. . in her honor, but it failed to garnish political favor as Spenser held unpopular political views. This remains his most famous work, however. . Elizabeth Barrett Browning. 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. . Literary Types. Shakespearean Language. Iambic pentameter is . meter. that . Shakespeare. nearly always used when writing in . verse. . . Most . of his . plays. were written in iambic pentameter, except for lower-class characters who speak in . Definition. Sonnets are poems that usually just focus on one idea. The earliest sonnets were all about love. The name sonnet came from the Old French for little song. Sonnets always have fourteen lines. 1. . What are the characteristics of a. traditional sonnet?. 14 lines. Structure based on Petrarchan (Italian) or Shakespearean (English) models. A . volta. (turn/shift). Meter (iambic pentameter). . . . .And Probably Didn’t Want to Ask. . . .. Sonnets. 14 line lyric. Single stanza. Iambic pentameter line. Intricate rhyme scheme. Often written in narrative sequences—sonnet sequence. Often concerned with love and desire. . . . .And Probably Didn’t Want to Ask. . . .. Sonnets. 14 line lyric. Single stanza. Iambic pentameter line. Intricate rhyme scheme. Often written in narrative sequences—sonnet sequence. Often concerned with love and desire. The term “sonnet” derives from the Italian “. sonetto. ”, a “. little sound or song. ”.. The first examples are those written by . Iacopo. . da. . Lentini. in 1230;. The sonnet establishes its importance as a poetic form with Petrarch’s “. By. Rhonda Baringer . Title. - . Consider the title and make a prediction about what the poem is about.. “My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun”. Shakespeare’s sonnets do not have a title. Most scholars refer to the first line of the sonnet as the title. . Petrarchan, Shakespearean, Modern. Petrarch . (. 1304-1374) background . Italian scholar and poet. “Father of the Sonnet”. Gave up his vocation as a priest after sighting Laura. He had very little contact with Laura as she was already married..