2.  A sonnet is a 14 lined poem.  It means “little song.”  It has a strict rhyme scheme.  It uses Iambic Pentameter.  10 syllables per line.  5 beats per line.

3. Italian Shakespearean

4.  Octave: 8 lines describes the conflict or problem  Sestet: 6 lines gives a resolution  Rhyme Scheme: A B A B C D C D E F G E F G

5.  Because William Shakespeare became a great practitioner.  3 Quatrains and a couplet  Quatrain: 4 lines each  Couplet: 2 lines  The couplet is closed, which means it rhymes.

6.  The quatrains introduce the problem or conflict.  The couplet introduces the resolution or solution.

7.  Rhyme Scheme: A B A B C D C D E F E F GG  Uses Iambic Pentameter

8. I can’t believe I didn’t realize it When I knew what was going to happen Instead of acting I just wait and sit I think it must be something of a sin I knew that she was in trouble that night But I stayed inside of my house safely They were coming for her, she would not fight She is gone now and now is when I see I am standing before her grave today She is now gone and I am standing here I could have saved her but I stayed at home And now I just have one last thing to say And I want to make to myself very clear Don’t leave anyone to suffer alone

9.  Sonnet 1:  Read the sonnet.  First, look at the sonnet’s construction. This one has two quatrains (8 lines) And a sestet (6 lines) We can assume that the poem is Italian.

10.  However to be sure we have to look at the rhyme scheme:  It: A  Happen: B  Sit: A  Sin: B Night- C Safely- D Fight- C See- D Today- E Here- F Home- G Say- E Clear- F Alone- G

11.  Since the sonnet is Italian, we know the problem or conflict is in the first 8 lines.  What is the conflict?  And we know the solution is in the last 6 lines.  What is the resolution?

12.  Write a paragraph about what sonnet 1 could mean to in the past or present?  What does this sonnet mean to you?

13. I am going to make it how ‘bout you With every single day I get closer Nobody else cares about what I do But of just one little thing I am sure Making it is not an option for me Nothing expected of me by others I am going to be better you see I’m going to inspire another My name may never ever be in books It may not be spoken on television No one will ever give me a second look But this is a very important decision Better is what I am going to get I just haven’t made it there yet.

14.  Sonnet 2:  Read the sonnet.  First, look at the sonnet’s construction. This one has three quatrains (4 lines each) And a closed couplet (2 lines that rhyme) We can assume that the poem is Shakespearean.

15.  But to be sure, we will look at the rhyme scheme:  You- A  Closer- B  Do- A  Sure- B  Me- C  Others- D  See- C  Another- D

16.  Books- E  Television- F  Look- E  Decision- F  Get- G  Yet- G

17.  Since the sonnet is Shakespearean, we know the problem or conflict is restated three times in the first three quatrains:  What is the conflict?  And we know the solution is in the last 2 lines- the couplet.  What is the resolution?

18.  Write a paragraph about what sonnet 1 could mean to in the past or present?  What does this sonnet mean to you?