Good Day to You!
Only 11 more days to go. The final
is around the corner.
Do Now
Shakespeare made many
comparisons in Sonnet 18 and
Sonnet 130. Looking at the
words he used, how effective
were they in creating a mood,
theme, and meaning? Explain
your answer.
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11 more days of school
 Finals schedule begins next week
- senior testing, altered schedules
 Journals on board
- due tomorrow
 Essays are not worth any points
- this will harm your grade
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All Shakespearean Sonnets…
14 Lines
 Follow a specific rhyming pattern
- ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
 Have 3 Quatrains and 1 Couplet
- match the rhyming pattern
 Are written in “Iambic Pentameter”
- includes rhyme pattern, and the “Sound”
or meter
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Sonnet 18
Shall I compare you to a summer day? You're lovelier
and milder. Rough winds shake the pretty buds of
May, and summer doesn't last nearly long enough.
Sometimes the sun shines too hot, and often its
golden face is darkened by clouds. And everything
beautiful stops being beautiful, either by accident or
simply in the course of nature. But your eternal
summer will never fade, nor will you lose possession
of your beauty, nor shall death brag that you are
wandering in the underworld, once you're captured
in my eternal verses. As long as men are alive and
have eyes with which to see, this poem will live and
keep you alive.
Sonnet 18
1. What is the Rhyme Scheme?
- ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
2. How do you determine the stressed and
unstressed syllables in a poem?
- must determine the “meter”
3. What “style” is this written in?
- Iambic Pentameter
4. Why are Death, Nature, and Time capitalized
in the original sonnet?
- they are treated as “real” people
Sonnet 130
My mistress's eyes are nothing like the sun. Coral is much
redder than the red of her lips. Compared to the
whiteness of snow, her breasts are grayish-brown. Poets
describe their mistresses' hair as gold wires, but my
mistress has black wires growing on her head. I have
seen roses that were a mixture of red and white, but I
don't see those colors in her cheeks. And some
perfumes smell more delightful than my mistress's
reeking breath. I love to hear her speak; yet I know
perfectly well that music has a far more pleasant sound. I
admit I never saw a goddess walk; when my mistress
walks, she treads on the ground. And yet, by heaven, I
think my beloved is as special as any woman whom
poets have lied about with false comparisons.
Sonnet 135
Other women may have their little desires, but you have
your Will , and another Will as well, and more Will than
you need. I, who am constantly pestering you for sex,
am more than enough to satisfy you, adding another
willing penis to the Will you already have. Since your
sexual desires (and vagina) are both so enormous, won't
you agree just once to let me put my desire inside
yours? Are you going to be attracted to everyone else's
will (penis), but reject mine? The sea is entirely made of
water, but it still accepts additional water whenever it
rains. So you, who already have a William, should in
addition to your lover William accept my will (penis),
making your sexual appetite (or vagina), which is already
huge, even huger. Don't kill an eager seducer by being
unkind to him. Treat all your lovers as a single lover, and
accept me (and my part) as part of that lover.
TOTD
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Out of the 3 Sonnets you read…
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Which did you like most and why?
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Which did you like least and why?
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What did they each have in common?
Shakespearean Sonnets
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Your group will be given 3 Shakespearean
Sonnets
 Read each Sonnet
 Identify symbolism and figurative language
 Determine meaning of the Sonnet
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Work Together
- use each other for guidance
- dictionary is appropriate