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Shakespeare’s Sonnets

Shakespeare’s Sonnets. What are the characteristics of a Shakespearean sonnet? What do Shakepeare’s sonnets mean? How did Shakespeare use literary devices?. What are the characteristics of a Shakespearean sonnet?. 14 lines which include: 3 quatrains (4 lines each)

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Shakespeare’s Sonnets

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  1. Shakespeare’s Sonnets What are the characteristics of a Shakespearean sonnet? What do Shakepeare’s sonnets mean? How did Shakespeare use literary devices?

  2. What are the characteristics of a Shakespearean sonnet? • 14 lines which include: • 3 quatrains (4 lines each) • The first 2 quatrains introduce a question & give some answers about the question. • The third quatrain is called the “turn” – it shifts the focus or thought • 1 couplet – the final two lines give the answer – it is like a thesis statement

  3. What do Shakespeare’s sonnets mean? And how did he use literary devices? • Let’s look at “Sonnet 18” together • Analyze the meaning • Analyze & I.D. the literary devices • Paraphrase the poem

  4. “Sonnet 18” Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance or nature's changing course untrimm’d; But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou growest: So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this and this gives life to thee.

  5. Paraphrase of “Sonnet 18” Shall I compare you to a summer's day? You are more lovely and more constant: Rough winds shake the beloved buds of May And summer is far too short: At times the sun is too hot, And it often goes behind the clouds; And everything beautiful will in time lose its beauty, By misfortune or by nature's planned course. But your youth will not fade, Nor will you lose the beauty that you possess; Nor will death claim you for his own, Because in my eternal verse you will live forever. So long as there are people on this earth, So will this poem live on, making you immortal.

  6. What do Shakespeare’s sonnets mean? And how did he use literary devices? • Turn to page 315 and read “Sonnet 29” – with a partner: • Analyze the meaning • Analyze & I.D. the literary devices • Paraphrase the poem

  7. Now by yourself: • Read “Sonnet 116” on page 319 • Analyze the meaning • Analyze & I.D. the literary devices • Paraphrase the poem

  8. Review What are the characteristics of a Shakespearean sonnet? What is the meaning of Shakespeare’s sonnets we read today? How does Shakespeare use literary devices to enhance his message? How did you paraphrase one of his sonnets?

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