A
sonnet is a 14 lined poem.
It means “little song.”
It has a strict rhyme scheme.
It uses Iambic Pentameter.
10 syllables per line.
5 beats per line.
Italian
Shakespearean
 Octave:
8 lines describes the conflict or problem
 Sestet: 6 lines gives a resolution
 Rhyme
Scheme: A B A B C D C D E F G E F G
 Because
William Shakespeare became a great
practitioner.
 3 Quatrains and a couplet
 Quatrain: 4 lines each
 Couplet: 2 lines
 The couplet is closed, which means it rhymes.
 The
quatrains introduce the problem or conflict.
 The
couplet introduces the resolution or solution.
 Rhyme
 Uses
Scheme: A B A B C D C D E F E F GG
Iambic Pentameter
I can’t believe I didn’t realize it
When I knew what was going to happen
Instead of acting I just wait and sit
I think it must be something of a sin
I knew that she was in trouble that night
But I stayed inside of my house safely
They were coming for her, she would not fight
She is gone now and now is when I see
I am standing before her grave today
She is now gone and I am standing here
I could have saved her but I stayed at home
And now I just have one last thing to say
And I want to make to myself very clear
Don’t leave anyone to suffer alone
 Sonnet
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1:
Read the sonnet.
First, look at the sonnet’s construction.
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This one has two quatrains (8 lines)
And a sestet (6 lines)
We can assume that the poem is Italian.
• Night- C
 However to be sure we have to look at the rhyme
•scheme:
Safely- D
• FightC
It: A
• SeeDB
Happen:
Sit: A
Sin: B
• Today
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E
Here- F
Home- G
Say- E
Clear- F
Alone- G
 Since
the sonnet is Italian, we know the problem or
conflict is in the first 8 lines.
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What is the conflict?
 And
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we know the solution is in the last 6 lines.
What is the resolution?
 Write
a paragraph about what sonnet 1 could mean
to in the past or present?
 What does this sonnet mean to you?
I am going to make it how ‘bout you
With every single day I get closer
Nobody else cares about what I do
But of just one little thing I am sure
Making it is not an option for me
Nothing expected of me by others
I am going to be better you see
I’m going to inspire another
My name may never ever be in books
It may not be spoken on television
No one will ever give me a second look
But this is a very important decision
Better is what I am going to get
I just haven’t made it there yet.
 Sonnet
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2:
Read the sonnet.
First, look at the sonnet’s construction.
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This one has three quatrains (4 lines each)
And a closed couplet (2 lines that rhyme)
We can assume that the poem is Shakespearean.
 But
to be sure, we will look at the rhyme
scheme:
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You- A
Closer- B
Do- A
Sure- B
Me- C
Others- D
See- C
Another- D
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Books- E
Television- F
Look- E
Decision- F
Get- G
Yet- G
 Since
the sonnet is Shakespearean, we know the
problem or conflict is restated three times in the first
three quatrains:

What is the conflict?
 And
we know the solution is in the last 2 lines- the
couplet.

What is the resolution?
 Write
a paragraph about what sonnet 1 could mean
to in the past or present?
 What does this sonnet mean to you?