1. Shakespearean Sonnets

2. Overview 14-line poem Structure: three quatrains and a couplet
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
Meter: iambic pentameter
Also known as an English sonnet

3. Quatrains The prefix “quat” means four A four-line stanza
Rhyme Scheme: first and third lines rhyme; second and fourth lines rhyme (ABAB)
There are always three quatrains in a Shakespearean sonnet

4. Couplets Derived from the word “couple”, meaning two A two-line stanza
Contains end rhyme
Always the last two lines of a Shakespearean sonnet
Used for one of three purposes:
To conclude the thoughts of the sonnet
To strengthen the thoughts of the sonnet
To contradict the thoughts of the sonnet

5. Iambic Pentameter Pattern of rhythm in each line of the poem
Iambic specifies the pattern of syllables: unstressed followed by stressed (da DUM)
Pentameter signifies that there are five sets of syllables in each line

6. Does anyone in your class have an iambic name?

7. Class 1 Julianna Beltz Lukas Bland Waverly Brennan Jeremy Brooks
Bailey Burdine
Ben Carlow
Katelynn Casper
Martin Familetti
Olivia Figuli
Carrie Geisler
Izzy Gillcrist
Alliyah Gregory
Megan Hands
Caroline Haynes
Katelyn Heffner
Lydia Houle
Connor Levinson
Allison Lord
Jack O’Connell
Parker O’Neill
Hannah Oskam
Emily Riesner
Alex Robinson
Julia Rogalski
Sydney Schinkai
Jeremy Smulian
Erick Stranko
Lauren Weaver
Abby Wimmer
Phoebe Zaranski

8. Class 2 Austin Bainbridge Maggie Bowman Abby Brannan Gwenn Burns
Katie deLange
Danny Dergham
Erin Eckard
Michael Groft
Dalton Horvath
Jacki Karcz
Ella Keck
Kayla Kelly
Ethan Leahy
Kevin Lignelli
Melissa Martinez
Cameron Miller
Karissa Miranda
Connor Moran
Kylie Newell
Shalin Patel
Lauren Saltz
Tommy Schankweiler
Zach Schneider
Max Shank
Reagan Starner
Megan Watkins
Rebecca Weed
Ian Welch
Sam White

9. Class 3 Matt Anderson Megan Beck Sean Burk Meg Campanella Tyler Castle
Jack Cross
Cam Doolan
Max Doolan
Jordan Dunworth
Ani Gardner
Eric Hill
Jenna Howard
Alex Jerome
Matthew Lawrence
Grace Leone
Jenna Levesque
Anders Madsen
Brady McCarthy
Alexis Morales
Pierce Neubert
Carlee Prodoehl
Elsa Schoberg
Irmaris Serrano
Kenzie Smith
Allison Volpe
Ava Vrany
Phoebe Wang
Cameron Whitmer
Krista Zephir

10. Class 4 Jessica Argueta Antuanella Bartow Teddy Boothe Kate Boussy
Andy Bowman
Christian Burke
Lauren Carpenter
Margi DiPietro
Ethan Foote
Gracie Gscheidle
Brooke Hodges
Evan Jamison
Kaylin Livingston
Reed Lofstedt
Ben Lorch
David Martinez
Taylor Murphy
Seth Myers
Jay Parikh
Noah Roche
Brandon Scherer
Ethan Shearer
Jill Shipton
Amanda Smith
Jerry Thomas
Sam Walker
Annalise Weidman
Eric Wojtkowiak

11. Class 5 Emily Broussard Brennan Burke Iain Colquhoun Sabrina Como
Colby Cotoia
Kaylie Culotta
Sade Freeman
Katie Grim
Drew Hoeflich
Nathan Hohman
Colton Hudgins
Eli Johnson
Ahad Khan
Paige Miranda
Lucy Moreland
Emma Nerenberg
McKenzie Ozgar
Caroline Peloquin
Arianna Piluk
Josh Popielski
Lauren Raith
Braidon Saelens
Trevor Scott
Kyle Sherfey
Lexi Smith
Carson Snyder
Bradley Stinnette
Madelyn Sunderland
Abbi Yaider

12. Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day
Is the above line an example of iambic pentameter? Well, let’s put it to the test….
Are there five sets of syllables?
Does each set contain an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed (da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM)?

13. Which of the following uses iambic pentameter?
Mr. McCullin is so very bald.
Ms. Kretzer is sarcastic all the time.
Ms. Meyer speaks two different languages.
Ms. Bukszar is taller than Ms. Daigle.

14. Which of the following uses iambic pentameter?
Banana pudding, waffles, apple pie
Panera is my favorite restaurant
Steelers, Ravens, Bengals, and the Browns
I love to read To Kill a Mockingbird

15. Your turn! Create as many phrases as you can using iambic pentameter.

16. Sonnet 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art 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 brag thou wand'rest 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.

17. Sonnet 130 My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress when she walks treads on the ground.
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.

18. Two Shakespearean Sonnets
Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art 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 brag thou wand'rest 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.
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damasked, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound; I grant I never saw a goddess go; My mistress when she walks treads on the ground. And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare.