The Sonnet

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The Sonnet
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Standard and Learning Objective

• 3.11  Evaluate the aesthetic qualities of style,
  including the impact of diction and figurative
  language on tone, mood, and theme, using the
  terminology of literary criticism. (Aesthetic
  approach)
• Objective Students will demonstrate their
  understanding for the aesthetic qualities of
  sonnets by identifying and interpreting the style
  characteristics of sonnets with 100 accuracy.

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The Building Blocks of a Sonnet

• 1. A Sonnet is 14 lines long.

2. These lines are divided into 2 sections - The
first section is called an octet (8 lines) - The
second section is called a sestet (6
lines)
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Another Sonnet for StephanBy Alvin Lester
Sitomer

• I see a little boy of four or five
• Whose face lights up whenever we would play
• Who made me feel its great to be alive
• And wish that time would never tick away
• I see a college youth who goes to Penn,
• Strong and handsome, smart in mind and dress,
• Enthusiastic, kind, who scores a ten,
• Possessing every trait that spells success.
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• I see the man who came from both those boys
• Creating business plans and paths to wealth
• With nonchalance, with skills and unique poise
• While fighting back attackers of his health.
• The boy, the youth, the man are each now gone,
• Except that in my heart they linger on.

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Vocabulary

1. Meter rhythmical pattern of a poem determined
   by the number and types of stresses, or beats, in
   each line.
2. Foot a measurement of rhythm made up of a group
   of stressed and unstressed syllables divided by
   vertical lines ()
3. Penta means FIVE

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Each line in a Sonnet has a special rhythm.

• The rhythm is created by iambs.
• iamb is a Foot where one unstressed syllable
  followed by a stressed syllable
• Example
• I see a little boy of four or five

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The iambs are
u / u / u / u /
u /

• I see a lit tle boy of four or
  five

The sonnets rhythm sounds like Dee DUM Dee DUM
Dee DUM Dee DUM Like a heart beat
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U /

• iamb Dee DUM

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The iambs are
u / u / u / u /
u /

• I see a lit tle boy of four or
  five

Since each foot in a sonnet is an iamb and there
are five iambs in each line, the rhythmic pattern
of a sonnet is called Iambic Pentameter.
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• Iambic Pentameter
• a rhythmic pattern made up of 5 iambs

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• Check Out Iambic Pentameter video

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Heartbeat.

• It has the rhythm of the human heart beat.

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William Shakespeare
Wrote 154 Sonnets using iambic Pentameter to
create a romantic rhythm to express emotions and
to represent formal speech.
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Lets Practice

• I see a little boy of four or five
• Whose face lights up whenever we would play
• Who made me feel its great to be alive
• And wish that time would never tick away

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Identify the Iambic Pentameter

• Whose face lights up whenever we would play

u / u / u /
u / u /
Whose face lights up whenev er we would
play
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Identify the Iambic Pentameter

• Who made me feel its great to be alive

u / u / u /
u / u /
Who made me feel its great to be alive
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Review

• A sonnet is 14 lines long
• A sonnet is made up with an octet (8 lines) and a
  sestet (6 lines)
• Sonnets are written in iambic pentameter because
  each line has a special rhythm and a special
  length
• An iamb provides the rhythm of 1 unstressed
  syllable followed by a stressed syllable
• The 5 iambs in each line create the pentameter.

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The Sonnet Rhyming Scheme is

• a, b, a, b, c, d, c, d, e, f, e, f, g, g

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Another Sonnet for StephanBy Alvin Lester
Sitomer

• I see a little boy of four or five
• Whose face lights up whenever we would play
• Who made me feel its great to be alive
• And wish that time would never tick away
• I see a college youth who goes to Penn,
• Strong and handsome, smart in mind and dress,
• Enthusiastic, kind, who scores a ten,
• Possessing every trait that spells success.
•  
• I see the man who came from both those boys
• Creating business plans and paths to wealth
• With nonchalance, with skills and unique poise
• While fighting back attackers of his health.
• The boy, the youth, the man are each now gone,
• Except that in my heart they linger on.

(a)(b)(a)(b)(c)(d)(c)(d) (e)(f)(e)(f)(g)(g)
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Heroic Couplet

• Are the last two lines that rhyme and are labeled
  g, g in the rhyme scheme.
• Usually summarizes the sonnets earlier lines.

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• Lets analyze a Sonnet together.

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• Go to the Heritage Website,
• Mr. Dorflingers Page,
• Open the Sonnet Page
• Download Sonnet 29
• Watch Sonnet 29 video after reading