1. The Shakespearean Sonnet Ms. Stolp English 9 Honors Romeo and Juliet Unit

2. “Ro Ro and Ju Ju” I.i.1-14 What is it? The Prologue Who is speaking? The Chorus Why is it important? Entire plot in just 14 lines… kind of ironic, no? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T3PIhGgtWTs

3. Elements of a Shakespearean Sonnet 1. Length (14 Lines) and Format 2. Iambic Pentameter 3. Rhyme Scheme 4. Thematic Scheme

4. 1. Length and Format Pretty self explanatory… 14 lines BUT  Sonnet is divided into four parts Quatrain 1 (Lines 1-4) Quatrain 2 (Lines 5-8) Quatrain 3 (Lines 9-12) Couplet (Lines 13-14) Quatrain: a stanza or poem consisting of four lines with a rhyme scheme Couplet: two lines of poetry that rhyme  WHAT THE HECK?

5. 2. Iambic Pentameter 10 syllables per line Stressed and unstressed syllables 5 pairs Da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM Ex: daDUM daDUMdaDUMdaDUMdaDUM twoHOUS E holdsBOTHa-LIKEinDIG-ni-TY

6. 3. Rhyme Scheme Two types of rhyme scheme (depends) 1. ABAB CDCD EFEF GG 2. ABBAABBA CDCDCD or CDE CDE PSST, the prologue in R&J is this first one!

7. 4. Thematic Scheme Two households, both alike in dignity, In fair Verona, where we lay our scene, From ancient grudge break to new mutiny, Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean. From forth the fatal loins of these two foes A pair of star-crossed lovers take their life; Whose misadventured piteous overthrows Doth with their death bury their parents’ strife The fearful passage of their death mark’d love, And the continuance of their parents’ rage, Which, but their children’s end, naught could remove, Is now the two hours’ traffic of our stage; The which if you with patient ears attend, What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend. Quatrain 1: Introduces a situation, problem, or question Quatrain 2 and 3: Expand upon the problem or question Couplet: Concludes the situation; provides a resolution

8. FIN