Warm Up 12/7
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The Sonnet (write down only what is bolded):
 It is a poem of fourteen lines, usually iambic.
 The Petrarchan, or Italian, sonnet contains eight lines of meaning,
followed by six. The rhyme scheme (different from
Shakespearean): ababcdcd and cdecde.
 The Shakespearean, or English, sonnet is more precise. It uses this
rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefgg
 There are two basic formats :
 The problem is given in first two quatrains (8 lines), dealt with
tentatively in the last quatrain, and solved summarily in the couplet, or
 The situation is developed through one example from each couplet, and
concluded in the rhyming couplet.
 The part after which the sonnet’s context changes in purpose is
known as the ‘turn’.
Learning Targets
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 To read examples of the sonnet.
 To use the SIFT method to analyze these poems.
 To determine the theme of each poem and to fill out
the chart.
Sonnet 116
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Let me not to the marriage of true minds
Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove:
O no; it is an ever-fixed mark,
That looks on tempests, and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wandering bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come;
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
-Willy S.
Sonnet – Billy Collins
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 SYMBOLS (write down all objects you see and think
of what they could symbolize)
 IMAGERY (think of each of the five senses – see,
hear, smell, taste, touch) and write down each image
that this poem evokes.
 FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE (look for fig. language
that is most important to the meaning of the poem)
 TONE (identify words that give the reader a clue to
the tone of the poem).
Independent Work
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 Determine the THEME of each poem.
 Add both yesterday’s and today’s poems to the chart that you
started Monday in your journal.
Title
On My First
Son
Ode to My
Socks
My ExHusband
Sonnet 116
American
Sonnet
Theme
Poem Type
Evidence
Poetic Form Group Project
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REQUIREMENTS:
 A group oral presentation, based on your assigned poetic
form, composed of the following:
 Thorough research efforts that are shared to the class in a
complete, clear, and interesting manner.
 A visual, such as PowerPoint, to share your compiled data
with the rest of the class.
 A recitation and analysis of a poem done by each of the
students.
 Strong presentation skills
 An MLA Works Consulted sheet for each group
Groups – Period 3
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Aubade
Ryan
Jordan
Katelyn
Pastoral
Eric
Victoria
Eli M.
Ballad
Joe
Sara
Matt M.
Sestina
Brendan
Kate L.
Jacob M.
Villanelle
Hunter
Luke
Hannah
Ode
Sami
Mia
Agnes
Elegy
Austin
Carease
Ethan
Dramatic Monologue
Clayton
Christian
Eli P.
Maddie S.
Sonnet
Jake
Kate F.
Max
Emma
Heather
Ben
Groups – Period 4
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Aubade
Brock
Liam Fitzg.
Hailey
Pastoral
Asia
Liam Fitzp.
Lucas
Ballad
Jackson
Andre
David
Madi V.
Sestina
Wilson
Marissa
Madi M.
Israel
Villanelle
Alex
Daniel
Keaton
Ode
Claudia
Chris
Kendall
Elegy
Donnelle
Julia
Nicole
Dramatic
Monologue
Everett
Alexandria
Molly
Sonnet
Justin
Caleigh
Cody
Ryan
Trevor
Seth
Aubade
Groups – Period 5
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Tyler
Kaitlyn
Rio
Elijah
Pastoral
Saleem
Madison
Tatyana
Marcus
Ballad
Justin
Alex
Sydney
Sestina
Antonio
John
Alivia
Villanelle
Missy
Michael
Anita
Morgan
Ode
Austin
Bram
Lauren
Lanie
Elegy
Jared
Izaak
Alicia
Dramatic Monologue
Briana
Conner
Caleb
Sonnet
Chasity
Triston
Brandon