Sonnets

Sonnets Creative Writing – Fall Use this as a guide to learn about and create your own sonnet!

What is a Sonnet? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Origins ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Petrarchan Sonnets ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],The Italian sonnet form is commony called the Petrarchan sonnet, because Petrarch's "Canzonieri," a sequence of poems including 317 sonnets, established the sonnet as a major form in European poetry.

Petrarchan Sample: ,[object Object],[object Object],First 8 lines=octet Follow abbaabba rhyme scheme The octet presents a problem or question The sestet resolves the problem or question Last 6 lines=sestet Follow cdecde rhyme scheme in this case (may follow cdcdcd in others) Volta: (line 9) turn from problem to solution

Shakespearean Sonnets ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],NOTE: Shakespeare did not invent the English sonnet form, but he is recognized as its greatest practitioner; therefore, the English sonnet is commonly called the Shakespearean sonnet.

Sample Shakespearean Sonnet ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],First quatrain (abab) Couplet (gg) Second quatrain (cdcd) Third quatrain (efef) In sonnet 18, the first few lines reflect on the theme of his writings, and the last two lines bring the sonnet to a conclusion.

Sonnet 18 – Theme Structure ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],First quatrain: Shakespeare establishes the theme of comparing "thou" (or "you") to a summer's day, and why to do so is a bad idea. The metaphor is made by comparing his beloved to summer itself. Second quatrain: Shakespeare extends theme; explains why even the sun, supposed to be so great, gets obscured sometimes… why everything that's beautiful decays sooner or later. He shifts the metaphor: In the first quatrain, it was "summer" in general, and now he's comparing the sun and "every fair," every beautiful thing, to his beloved . Third quatrain: Here the argument takes a left turn with "But." Shakespeare says he won't compare his beloved to summer because summer dies — but she won't. He refers to the first two quatrains — her "eternal summer" won't fade, and she won't "lose possession" of the "fair" (the beauty) she possesses. So he keeps the metaphors going, but in a different direction. For good measure, he throws in a negative version of all the sunshine in this poem — the "shade" of death, which, evidently, his beloved won't have to worry about. Couplet: How is his beloved going to escape death? Answer- poem will keep her alive forever. This gives closure to the whole argument — it's a surprise.

Now, you write a sonnet You will follow it’s physical structure and its theme structure

OK- Write your own sonnet! ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Or CDCDCD More on structure on next slide!

Shakespearean Petrarchan ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

After Studying Sonnet Structure ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Sample Sonnet Parody ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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