1. Shakespearean Sonnets

2. 3 Requirements for a Sonnet
Rhyme Scheme
Iambic Pentameter
Content & Structure

3. Rhyme Scheme
the ordered pattern of rhymes at the ends of the lines of a poem or verse.

4. Rhyme Scheme for a Shakespearean Sonnet
A B C D E F G
A Sea
B Power
A Plea
B Flower
C Out
D Days
C Stout
D Decays
E Alack
F Hid
E Back
F Forbid
G Might
G Bright

6. Iambic Pentameter
Iamb—a metrical foot consisting of a unstressed ( ) syllable followed by a stressed ( )syllable Pentameter—a line of poetry consisting of five metrical feet Iambic Pentameter—a line of poetry consisting of five iambs

7. Macbeth Act II Sc 3
…who could refrain, That had a heart to love, and in that heart Courage to make's love known?

8. Macbeth Act II Sc 3
…who COULD reFRAIN, That HAD a HEART to LOVE, and IN that HEART CourAGE to MAKE’S love KNOWN?

9. Constructing Iambic Pentameter
WRONG: “I LOVE you so MUCH, I FEEL like my HEART is goING to exPLODE.” RIGHT: “my LOVE is LIKE a STICK of DYnaMITE.”

10. Content & Structure Originally designed to praise someone or something
First two stanzas (quatrains) deal with praise
Third stanza (quatrain) deals with a turn
Final couplet is the conclusion (return to the praise in the first two quatrains).