SONNET

WHAT IS A SONNET?

• A fourteen-line lyric poem with a very specific structure.

ACQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT BY ROBERT FROST

• I have been one acquainted with the night. I have walked out in rain—and back in rain. I have outwalked the furthest city light. I have looked down the saddest city lane. I have passed by the watchman on his beat And dropped my eyes, unwilling to explain. I have stood still and stopped the sound of feet When far away an interrupted cry Came over houses from another street,

ACQUAINTED WITH THE NIGHT CONT.

• But not to call me back or say good-by; And further still at an unearthly height, One luminary clock against the sky Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right. I have been one acquainted with the night.

DIRECT METAPHOR

• Means one thing is said to be another.
• Ex. "One luminary clock against the sky," - Comparing the moon to the clock in line 12
• From: "Acquainted With the Night" by Robert Frost

DENOTATION

• Refers to the literal meaning of a word, also known as the "Dictionary Definition"
• Ex. Restitution - Payment for injury; compensation

CONNOTATION

• An idea that a word invokes in addition to its literal or primary meaning.
• Ex. House and Home. Both refer to where a person lives, but Home connotes words of comfort and warmth.

APPROXIMATE RHYME

• Words that share the same vowel sound, but possess different ending consonant sounds
• Ex. Eyes and Light contain the same vowel sound (Ī) but different ending consonants