Ms. Volker
Sonnet Explication Assignment
November 2012
Find your name on the following list and identify the sonnet that you will analyze independently. You may
access the text of the sonnets anywhere, but I recommend this site: http://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/
For your analysis, you should complete a full explication, including a paraphrase and answers to all of the
questions from the explication notes (which are also available on the notes page of my website). In addition,
you should write an essay in which you discuss how Shakespeare’s use of at least three poetic elements
contributes to his meaning and discussion of one theme in the sonnet. Your essay should include quotations
from the original sonnet, an introduction, and a conclusion. The final length should be at least two pages.
This assignment is due on Friday, November 9 in class. It should be typed, with your name, class period and
date on the first page only, and stapled prior to your entry to class. The essay only should be double spaced. If
your analysis is not typed, you will automatically lose ten points, and if it is not stapled, you will lose four.
Items should be stapled in the following order: original sonnet, paraphrase, answers to explication questions,
and essay. If they are not in this order, you will lose two points.
Name
Brooke Bagwell
Rachel Banawa
Michael Barclift
Mason Bass
Jessica Citrola
Ryan Court
Andrew Dole
Brandon Donahue
Qays El-Ali
Nick Fazzino
Payton Griffith
Giorgio Guillen
Yami Hernandez
Chris Kuuskvere
Michael Labus
Emily Lindsay
Terrence McCann
Chad Murdock
James Palacio
Brice Parker
Cristom Payagen
Anthony Pichirallo
Mason Pittman
Christian Schledzewski
John Shelton
Emily Stinson
Sam Teague
Sarah Thornburg
Stefano Vassallo
Kristen Watkins
Madison Wauchope
Jackie Worthington
Sonnet
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
30
31
32
33
34
Name
Courtney Aucoin
Brandon Balicki
Ashley Case
Hannah Clark
Ron Aldin Dela Pena
Marien Ferreira
Josh Foster
Daniel Gregoire
Niki Kassel
Mary Klemons
Mario Lopez-Robles
Alex Manton
Kira McCrary
Aaron Mebrahtu
Bryce Morgan
Aleisha Murrell
Clifton Orcel
Daniel Pak
Puja Patel
Sagar Patel
Bannor Patterson
Harsha Pinnamaraju
Taylor Price
Austin Richburg
Holden Ross
Daniel Salgado
Gurnoor Sangha
Sam Senatore
Kyle Sevener
Neal Shah
Meghan Simmons
Chloe Wachtel
Aaron Washington
Sonnet
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46
47
48
49
50
51
52
53
54
55
56
57
58
59
60
61
62
63
64
65
66
67