1. Mrs. Britte – English 10

2. Iambic pentameter is a style of poetry and refers to the number of syllables in a line and the emphasis that is placed on each syllable. Shakespeare often wrote in iambic pentameter. His sonnets are the best example of this style. He wrote 154 sonnets. Let’s take a look...

3. Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou are more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date. Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines. And often is his gold complexion dimmed. And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance or nature’s changing course untrimmed. But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st, Nor shall Death brad thou wander’st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st. So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. Sonnet means little song in Italian One line is a stanza 4 stanzas make up a quatrain A sonnet is made up of 3 quatrain s It ends with a couplet: 2 stanzas A sonnet is always 14 lines!

4. Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou are more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date. Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines. And often is his gold complexion dimmed. And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance or nature’s changing course untrimmed. But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st, Nor shall Death brad thou wander’st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st. So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. Each line consists of 10 syllables Each line has a fixed pattern of meter or RHYTHM Count them! There can only be 10 syllables per line! The 10 syllables make up 5 feet. 1 foot = 2 syllables Each foot consists of 1 STRESSED and 1 UNSTRESSED syllable

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6. __ / __ / __ / __ / __ / Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? “___” is an unstressed syllable “/” is a stressed syllable “___” is an unstressed syllable “/” is a stressed syllable Tap it out! A stanza ALWAYS starts with an unstressed syllable and ends with a stressed syllable. These are feet

7. Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? A Thou are more lovely and more temperate. B Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, A And summer’s lease hath all too short a date. B Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines. C And often is his gold complexion dimmed. D And every fair from fair sometime declines, C By chance or nature’s changing course untrimmed. D But thy eternal summer shall not fade, E Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st, F Nor shall Death brad thou wander’st in his shade, E When in eternal lines to time thou grow’st. F So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, G So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. G ONE LAST THING! Notice the rhyme patterns of a sonnet...

8. How to read Shakespeare out loud: Some pronunciations change based on iambic pentameter BAN-ished vs BAN-ish-ED Use emotion for effect It was performed on stage, so visuals and facial expressions are important Let’s listen...