1. Sonnets, Soliloquies, and Hamlet
Shakespeare
Sonnets, Soliloquies, and Hamlet

2. Review Poetry Terms Blank Verse Free Verse Heroic Couplet Monometer
Scansion
Elision
Voiced Syllable
Shared Line
Iamb
Trochee
Dactyl
Spondee
Anapest
Quatrain
Blank Verse
Free Verse
Heroic Couplet
Monometer
Dimeter
Trimeter
Tetrameter
Pentameter
Hexameter
Rhyme
Ellipsis
Scansion—measuring stresses in a line of verse to determine pattern and meter
Elision—omitting a sound in a line of poetry
Voiced Syllable—saying a sound in a line of poetry
Shared line—continuation of a line over 2 lines of poetry
Iamb—unstressed/stressed pattern—But soft what light through yonder window breaks
Trochee—stressed/unstressed—Should you ask me whence these stories lie
Dactyl—stressed/unstressed/unstressed—elephant, mockingbird
Spondee—stressed/stressed—downtown
Anapest—unstressed/unstressed/stressed—Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house
Quatrain—4 lines of verse—typically every other line rhymes which creates a rhyme scheme of abab; 3 quatrains and a heroic couplet = Shakespearean sonnet
Blank verse—unrhymed iambic pentameter without end rhyme
Free verse—poetry without regular patterns of rhythm and rhyme
Heroic couplet—2 consecutive lines of iambic pentameter with end rhyme
Monometer—1 foot
Dimeter—2 feet
Trimeter—3 feet
Tetrameter—4 feet
Pentameter—5 feet
Hexameter—6 feet

3. Sonnets Structure of the Shakespearean (English) Sonnet:
14 lines of iambic pentameter
Rhyme scheme of ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
The last two lines are a heroic couplet
Looking at two examples
Sonnet 135 and Sonnet 138
Hand out worksheet—TPCASTT is on p. 31 in the survival guide

4. Sonnet 138
When my love swears that she is made of truth, I do believe her though I know she lies, That she might think me some untutored youth, Unlearned in the world's false subtleties. Thus vainly thinking that she thinks me young, Although she knows my days are past the best, Simply I credit her false-speaking tongue: On both sides thus is simple truth suppressed: But wherefore says she not she is unjust? And wherefore say not I that I am old? O! love's best habit is in seeming trust, And age in love, loves not to have years told: Therefore I lie with her, and she with me, And in our faults by lies we flattered be.

5. Sonnet 135 Work on this one on your own.
Follow the same process that we did as a class.
7 minutes – GO!
Let’s discuss what you found.
Sexual connotation?
The word “will” was an Elizabethan era term for a particular male body part
This sonnet is supposedly written to “The Dark Lady”– a woman with dark hair with whom Shakespeare was supposedly having an affair
The Dark Lady, while having an affair with Shakespeare, is supposedly also seeing another man named William who is also Shakespeare’s friend
Shakespeare is having a relationship with The Dark Lady and understands that she is also having a relationship with the other William
Will—in slang terms of the day = male sex organ—penis
Symbolically—the fulfillment of a relationship—speaker seems to be questioning whether their relationship is really all that he thinks it is.

6. Homework Read Sonnet 29 Take notes in your RJ
Write an extended paragraph answering the following question:
How does Shakespeare use diction and syntax to create a specific tone and convey a central message?
Ticket-in-the-door for tomorrow

7. Review of Homework
You were to read Sonnet 29, take notes and compose a paragraph in response to this question:
How does Shakespeare use diction and syntax to create a specific tone and convey a central message?
Pair up and share your paragraphs
Add to your notes any additional insight that you have gained from your partner
Share with the class