Sonnet 130
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red, than her lips red:
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound:
I grant I never saw a goddess go,
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground:
And yet by heaven, I think my love as rare,
As any she belied with false compare.
-William Shakespeare
FROM FIDESSA
My Lady's hair is threads of beaten gold;
Her front the purest crystal eye hath seen;
Her eyes the brightest stars the heavens hold;
Her cheeks, red roses, such as seld have been;
Her pretty lips of red vermilion dye;
Her hand of ivory the purest white;
Her blush AURORA, or the morning sky.
Her breast displays two silver fountains bright;
The spheres, her voice; her grace, the Graces three;
Her body is the saint that I adore;
Her smiles and favours, sweet as honey be.
Her feet, fair THETIS praiseth evermore.
But Ah, the worst and last is yet behind :
For of a griffon she doth bear the mind!
-
Bartholomew Griffin.
- Published 1596
"I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD" – William Wordsworth
I WANDERED lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.
Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
10
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.
The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed--and gazed--but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:
For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils.
1804.
Figurative Language Packet
8th Grade English – Mrs. Tate
Directions:
Over the course of the next two months, we will be working extensively with poetry. As
a student and author of poetry, it is important that you understand and identify the
elements found within poetry. For this assignment, you will need to identify different
elements of figurative language within the poems provided as well as in the poems you
supply to complete this packet.
Below are the elements required to complete this packet:
2 different song lyrics (printed and attached to packet)
*They can be your favorite songs – if there are inappropriate words within the song,
please white them out.
A user generated key to help me identify the different figurative language elements
within your poems
***Please keep in mind – every new figurative language/ poetry element you learn about
in class needs to be identified within your poems. Not every poem will have every
element within it.
DO NOT WAIT UNTIL THE DAY BEFORE THIS IS DUE TO COMPLETE THIS
ASSIGNMENT!!!
Example of a Key:
Simile- _ _ _ _ _
Metaphor- ____________
Irony- *****