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2. CONTENT  Argument  Form  Written

3. ITALY First popular poetic form Petrarch Rhyming lines

4. PETRARCH Rhyme Scheme 14 Lines [abababab] [cdcdcd ]

5. POETRY Sonnets Problem turn resolution (octave) “Volta” [cdecde] (sestet)

6. ENGLAND  1550’s  Wyatt Brings Sonnet form To England

7. FORM  [abba abba] Octave/ 8 lines / idea  [cdcd] Quatrain / 4 lines/ problem  [ee] Couplet / 2 lines /resolution

8. SHAKESPEARE  1590’s

9. SHAKESPEARE’S SONNETS Very popular Playhouses close / plague Sonnets written for patrons This form used in plays such as Measure for Measure/ Midsummer Night’s Dream

10. CHANGES  No Octave  Sestet Form  {[abab] [cdcd] [efef] } { [gg]} 3 quatrains and a couplet

11. SONNETS METER Iambic pentameter= rhyming Rhyme Scheme=the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse. Blank Verse= non rhyming Iambic = how many meters Unstressed (u) / stressed (/) u/ | u/ | u/ | u/ | u/| sing/songy gives the form a flow

12. IAMBIC RAP  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p226OX39OLs&feature=relat ed http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p226OX39OLs&feature=relat ed

13. ACTIVITY  Living Iambic Pentameter

14. RECAP  Iambic- refers to stress in each syllable  Pentameter- refers to how many feet  For example 5 feet= 10 syllables

15. LOOK FOR  Rhyme Scheme  Meter  Theme