1. Shakespearean Sonnet

2. What makes a sonnet, a sonnet?

3. Shakespearean Sonnets
Iambic Pentameter
Rhyme scheme: abab, cdcd, efef, gg
14 lines
First 12 divided into 3 quatrains
Couplet
*Only 3 of Shakespeare’s sonnets deviate*

4. Shakespearean Sonnets
Shakespearean Sonnet: Poem written in Iambic Pentameter. A Shakespearean Sonnet contains 3 quatrains and a couplet.
Iambic Pentameter: A meter used in poetry composed of groups of syllables called “feet.” Iambic Pentameter contains 5 feet in a line—10 syllables.
Iamb: unstressed syllable, stressed syllable
Pent: 5

5. (unstressed-STRESSED-unstressed-STRESSED-unstressed-STRESSED-unstressed-STRESSED-unstressed-STRESSED) (soft-LOUD-soft-LOUD-soft-LOUD-soft-LOUD-soft-LOUD)

6. Sonnet 18 IN PAIRS… Number the lines Divide it into quatrains
Write-in the rhyme scheme
Mark unstressed and stressed syllables in each line

7. Great, but… what?? IN YOUR PAIRS
Discuss and jot down in the margins the meaning of each quatrain and the couplet
What is Shakespeare saying in Q1? Q2? Q3?
The couplet?

8. Quatrains/Couplet Q1: Main theme/metaphor
Q2: Theme/metaphor is extended or complicated
Q3: Turning point/Twist
“But”
Usually occurs in line 9
Couplet:
Summarizes or leaves us with a new, concluding image

10. -Beyoncé Knowles, “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)”

11. -Miley Cyrus, “Party in the U.S.A”

12. The Backstreet Boys, “I Want it That Way”

13. YOUR TURN We will now craft our own ‘Pop Sonnets’ in small groups
QUICKLY decide on pop-culture inspiration and GO WITH IT
You need a CLEAR, FOCUSED inspiration
Another Pop Song?
Your favorite book?
A Disney movie?
Your own life?
Embarrassing moment?

14. First brave souls?

15. Think-Pair-Share
What was the most difficult part of writing your own sonnets?
How has today altered your understanding or feelings toward Shakespearean Sonnets? Poetry?