 Open
your literature book to page 297.
 Have
your study guide on your desk.
 What
did we do yesterday?
 We
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are going to…
Read two sonnets by Spenser.
Fill out the study guide.
Fill out a journal entry.
 In
the 16th century, the sonnet became one
of the most popular poetic forms in England.
 In
the 16th century, the sonnet became one
of the most popular poetic forms in England.
 The
sonnet was used to convey deep and
intense feelings of idealized love.
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The man tells of his intense love and of his
anxiety that his lover is unattainable.
 These
sonnets were from a collection called
“Amoretti” which roughly translates to
“intimate little tokens of love.”
A
variation of the English sonnet.
A
variation of the English sonnet.
 It
consists of 4-line units called quatrains,
followed by a couplet.
 ABAB
BCBC CDCD EE
A
variation of the English sonnet.
 It
consists of 4-line units called quatrains,
followed by a couplet.
 ABAB
 Think
BCBC CDCD EE
about the relationship between the
quatrains and the couplet and watch for the
interlocking rhymes.
POP
Major Idea
1st quatrain
2nd quatrain
3rd quatrain
Couplet
 Entreat:
plead with
 Entreat:

plead with
Augmented manifold: greatly increased
 Entreat:
plead with
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Augmented manifold: greatly increased
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Congealed: solidified
 Entreat:
plead with
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Augmented manifold: greatly increased
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Congealed: solidified
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Kind: nature
 What
are your reactions to the speaker’s
feelings about love?
 Why
do you think Spenser chose to use the
images of fire and ice?
 Why
do you think Spenser chose to use the
images of fire and ice?
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Love is full of surprises
 Is
this poem a believable description of a
love relationship? Explain.
POP
Major Idea
1st quatrain
2nd quatrain
3rd quatrain
Couplet
 Strand:
Beach
 Strand:
 Assay:
Beach
Try
 Strand:
 Assay:
 Eke:
Beach
Try
Also
 Strand:
 Assay:
 Eke:
Beach
Try
Also
 Quod:
Said
 What
images remain in your mind after
reading “Sonnet 75”?
 What
images remain in your mind after
reading “Sonnet 75”?
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 How
does the woman in the poem react
when the speaker writes her name in the
sand?
 How
does the woman in the poem react
when the speaker writes her name in the
sand?
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The woman says that it is useless for the poet to
try to immortalize her because she is mortal and
will disappear, just like her name written in the
sand.
 What
does the speaker believe that their
love will endure?
 What
does the speaker believe that their
love will endure?
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The speaker thinks their love will endure because
his poem will forever immortalize his love.
 Why
do you think the speaker in “Sonnet 75”
wants to immortalize his love? Explain your
thinking.
 Why
do you think the speaker in “Sonnet 75”
wants to immortalize his love? Explain your
thinking.
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As a gift to show his love.
To celebrate her rare virtues.
To inspire future lovers.
“Where when as deaths hall all the world
subdue,
Our love shall live, and later life renew.”
 Do
you agree with the speaker that love can
overcome death?
“Where whenas deaths hall all the world subdue,
Our love shall live, and later life renew.”
 Do
you agree with the speaker that love can overcome
death?
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Yes: memory becomes an inspiration
No: memory can never replace the actual experience.
 Romantic
love can generate a variety of intense
feelings and conflicting emotions.
 Recall
a character in a book or a movie– or
perhaps someone you know– who has seemed to
respond to romantic love in an unusually intense
way.
 Discuss
the emotions of the individual and explain
why you think the individual reacted the way they
did.