Sonnets
Published on Nov 19, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
ORGINS OF SONNETS
- Introduced in England almost 500 years ago
- Originated in Italy 13th century
- Complicated rhyme scheme and defined structure
- Contains 14 lines
- Iambic pentameter lines, five metrical units, and each consisting of an unstressed syllable
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ORGINS CONT.
- In Italian it's called Petrarchan (1304-1374)
- Petrarchan sonnet expressed emotions, especially love
- He wrote over 300 sonnets that expressed his love for Laura
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ENGLISH SONNET DEVOLOPS
- Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542)
- Was rumored to be on love with Queen Ann Boyleyn
- Translated some of Petrarch's love sonnets
- Wrote some of his own in slight modification of the Italian form
- Renaissance reached England, by an awakening of Italian interest
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SONNET DEVELOPS CONT.
- Henry Vlll
- Brutal to his wives
- Encouraged the poetry of love as a poetic form
- Henry Howard (1517-1547)
- Changed the rhyme scheme of sonnet
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SHAKESPEAREAN SONNET
- English form became known as this
- William Shakespeare used this
- 1609- Shakespeare sonnets were published
- It introduces philosophical issues and perplexing ironies
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SONNET STRUCTURE
- The Petrarchan form
- Has a two part structure
- Octave lines ~first 8 lines (abbaabba)
- Sestet~ last 6 lines (cdcdcd or cdecde)
- Petrarchan sonnet called "organic"
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SONNET STRUCTURE CONT.
- Draws conclusions
- Expresses reactions to situations
- Unity- produced by rhyme scheme
- Involves only 4 or 5 different rhyming sounds
- English poets - John Milton, William Wordsworth, John Keats
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SHAKESPEAREAN FORM
- Divide into 3 quatrains - 4 lines
- Rhyming Couplet - 2 lines
- Rhyme Scheme - abab cdcd efef gg
- "Punch line" closing couplet
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