Sonnet Text Work

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Sonnet Text Work

• By Larry Gleason

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Shakespeares sonnets

• https//www.youtube.com/watch?vLqOrZItROxs

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Sonnet XXIX -- 29

• When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
• I all alone beweep my outcast state
• And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
• And look upon myself and curse my fate,
• Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
• Featured like him, like him with friends
  possessed,
• Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
• With what I most enjoy contented least
• Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
• Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
• (Like to the lark at break of day arising
• From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven's gate
• For thy sweet love remembred such wealth
  brings
• That then I scorn to change my state with
  kings.

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• You may need several copies of the sonnet as you
  work so that your text markings remain readable.
• Lets start with Sonnet 29
• When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,

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Where to begin?Ask Questions.You may need
several copies of the sonnet as you work so that
text makings remain readable.
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Quatrains and Couplet

• Mark Quatrains. (3 Quatrains, 4 lines each)
• Mark the Couplet. (Last 2 lines)
• Are they in perfect form or against form? Note
  where they are against form.

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• Quatrains for Sonnet 29
• When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
• I all alone beweep my outcast state
• And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
• And look upon myself and curse my fate,
• Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
• Featured like him, like him with friends
  possessed,
• Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
• With what I most enjoy contented least
• Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
• Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
• (Like to the lark at break of day arising
• From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven's gate
• For thy sweet love remembred such wealth brings
• That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

Q1 Q2 Q3 Couplet
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Sentences

• Mark the sentences. They end where there are
  periods.
• SentenceIdea. How many main ideas? Enumerate
  them.
• Notice how ideas are constructed with
  semi-colons colons and commas,.
• Are there Enjambments? Mark them.

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• Sentences for Sonnet 29
• When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
  
• I all alone beweep my outcast state
• And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
• And look upon myself and curse my fate,
  
• Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
  
• Featured like him, like him with friends
  possessed,
• Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
• With what I most enjoy contented least
• Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
• Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
• (Like to the lark at break of day arising
• From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven's gate
• For thy sweet love remembred such wealth brings
• That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

One sentence
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• Enjambments for Sonnet 29
• When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
• I all alone beweep my outcast state
• And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
• And look upon myself and curse my fate,
• Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
• Featured like him, like him with friends
  possessed,
• Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
• With what I most enjoy contented least
• Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
• Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
• (Like to the lark at break of day arising
• From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven's gate
• For thy sweet love remembred such wealth brings
• That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

Q1 Q2 Q3 Cou-plet
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Scanning

• How does it scan?
• Force it into ? ? ? ? ? (short, long,
  short, long, etc,)
• Is the scan regular (easy to force)? To help it
  stay regular, can any words elide?
• Where is it irregular (cant be forced), creating
  feminine endings, long lines, trochees, etc.)?
  Mark them.

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• Scanning for Sonnet 29
• When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
• I all alone beweep my outcast state
• And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
• And look upon myself and curse my fate,
• Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
• Featured like him, like him with friends
  possessed,
• Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
• With what I most enjoy contented least
• Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
• Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
• (Like to the lark at break of day arising
• From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven's gate
• For thy sweet love remembred such wealth brings
• That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

Elision Trochee Trochee Feminine
ending Trochee Feminine ending No Elision
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A Troubling Scan

• A bastard scan.
• Choosing to force the scan so that deaf is long
  stressed?
• And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries.
• The easiest rhythm
• -double long stress trouble
• -elide heaven to heavn
• -double short stress with my
• And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries.
  

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Rhyme Scheme
Q1 ABAB

• What is the rhyme scheme?
• Are there visual rhymes as well as aural rhymes?

Q2 CDCD
Q3 EFEF
Couplet GG
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• Rhyme Scheme for Sonnet 29
• When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
• I all alone beweep my outcast state
• And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
• And look upon myself and curse my fate,
• Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
• Featured like him, like him with friends
  possessed,
• Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
• With what I most enjoy contented least
• Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
• Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
• (Like to the lark at break of day arising
• From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven's gate
• For thy sweet love remembred such wealth brings
• That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

Q1 ABAB
Q2 CDCD
Q3 EFEF
Couplet GG
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Repeated Words

• What words are repeated?
• Why they have been repeated?
• Make sure you include variants and root forms.
• When you finish you are likely to have found
  your----
• Theme(s)

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THEME

• Subject
• Meditation
• Topic
• Idea
• Motif
• Subject Matter
• Argument
• Premise
• Thesis
• Sonnet Tie

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• Finding our Theme
• Important Repeated Words for Sonnet 29
• When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
• I all alone beweep my outcast state
• And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
• And look upon myself and curse my fate,
• Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
• Featured like him, like him with friends
  possessed,
• Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
• With what I most enjoy contented least
• Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
• Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
• (Like to the lark at break of day arising
• From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven's gate
• For thy sweet love remembred such wealth brings

Q1 Q2 Q3 Couplet
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These repeat too, but so what?

• When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
• I all alone beweep my outcast state
• And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
• And look upon myself and curse my fate,
• Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
• Featured like him, like him with friends
  possessed,
• Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
• With what I most enjoy contented least
• Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
• Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
• (Like to the lark at break of day arising
• From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven's gate
• For thy sweet love remembred such wealth brings
• That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

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Antithesis (Compare/Contrasts)

• What words, phrases or images are put into
  compare/contrasts or Antithesis?
• Mark them, connect with lines.

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• Antithesis (Compare/Contrast) in Sonnet 29
• When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
• I all alone beweep my outcast state
• And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
• And look upon myself and curse my fate,
• Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
• Featured like him, like him with friends
  possessed,
• Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
• With what I most enjoy / contented least
• Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
• Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
• (Like to the lark at break of day arising
• From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven's gate
• For thy sweet love remembred such wealth brings
• That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

Q1 Q2 Q3 Couplet
Compare/ Contrast Antithesis Antithesis
(Brighting day/gloomy night)
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Definitions

• Do you know all the words?
• If not look them up and get a definition.

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• Words to look up for Sonnet 29
• When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
• I all alone beweep my outcast state
• And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
• And look upon myself and curse my fate,
• Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
• Featured like him, like him with friends
  possessed,
• Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
• With what I most enjoy contented least
• Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
• Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
• (Like to the lark at break of day arising
• From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven's gate
• For thy sweet love remembred such wealth brings
• That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

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Beginnings, Middles and Ends

• Can this sonnet be broken up into beginnings,
  middles and ends?
• What is the proposed issue?
• What is the debate?
• What is the conclusion?
• Think bookends.

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Beginnings Middles Ends for Sonnet 29

• When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
• I all alone beweep my outcast state
• And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
• And look upon myself and curse my fate,
• Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
• Featured like him, like him with friends
  possessed,
• Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
• With what I most enjoy contented least
• Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
• Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
• (Like to the lark at break of day arising
• From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven's gate
• For thy sweet love remembred such wealth brings
• That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

B Proposal or set up M debate E conclusion
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Relationships

• Who is the Speaker?
• Who is the Speaker speaking to?
• What is the Relationship?
• Whats right in the Relationship?
• Whats wrong in the Relationship?
• What does the Speaker hope to accomplish? What
  does the Speaker need to change?

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I to my love, who seems not to be here. I need to
move myself to a different psychological plain
(social plain to natural or elemental plain.)

• When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
• I all alone beweep my outcast state
• And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
• And look upon myself and curse my fate,
• Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
• Featured like him, like him with friends
  possessed,
• Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
• With what I most enjoy contented least
• Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
• Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
• (Like to the lark at break of day arising
• From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven's gate
• For thy sweet love remembred such wealth brings
• That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

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Time

• What is the time frame?

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Time A time of disgrace in the past, present and
unforeseeable future, until I dream myself into a
different past to create a different present and
perhaps a different future.

• When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
• I all alone beweep my outcast state
• And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
• And look upon myself and curse my fate,
• Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
• Featured like him, like him with friends
  possessed,
• Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
• With what I most enjoy contented least
• Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
• Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
• (Like to the lark at break of day arising
• From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven's gate
• For thy sweet love remembred such wealth brings
• That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

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Parentheticals

• Are there ideas that contain parenthetical
  thoughts (momentary digressions or explanations)
  other than what Shakespeare spells out (with
  actual parentheses) for you? Mark them.
• Once marked, can you drop them out and still make
  sense of the idea at hand?

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Parenthetical ideas provided by Shakespeare and
by my own marking.

• When (in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes),
• I (all alone) beweep my outcast state
• And trouble deaf heaven (with my bootless cries),
• And look upon myself and curse my fate,
• Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
• (Featured like him, like him with friends
  possessed),
• (Desiring this man's art and that man's scope) ,
• With what I most enjoy contented least
• Yet in these thoughts (myself almost despising),
• Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
• (Like to the lark at break of day arising
• From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven's gate
• For thy sweet love remembred such wealth brings
• That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

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Major Tonal Shift

• Where is the major tonal shift in the sonnet?
• Mark it.

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• Major Tonal Shift for Sonnet 29
• When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
• I all alone beweep my outcast state
• And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
• And look upon myself and curse my fate,
• Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
• Featured like him, like him with friends
  possessed,
• Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
• With what I most enjoy contented least
• Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
• Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
• (Like to the lark at break of day arising
• From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven's gate
• For thy sweet love remembred such wealth brings
• That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

Q1 Q2 Q3 Major Tonal Shift Couplet
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Imagery

• What kind of images are conjured? Quoting the
  original text, pick out each image, then describe
  that same image in your own words.
• Are there lists of images? Are they
  cumulativepieces that build to a bigger, more
  substantive whole? Are they in opposition to
  each other creating an internal debate?

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• Images for Sonnet 29
• When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
• I all alone beweep my outcast state
• And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
• And look upon myself and curse my fate,
• Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
• Featured like him, like him with friends
  possessed,
• Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
• With what I most enjoy contented least
• Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
• Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
• (Like to the lark at break of day arising
• From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven's gate
• For thy sweet love remembred such wealth brings
• That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

Senses within eyes, ears, mouth Q1, Senses
looking out Q2 State- outcast state AND state of
acceptance Heaven and earth freedom/bird/flight,
dawn of new day music, love, wealth
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Punning

• Sonnets are witty word games. Treat it like an
  acrostic or crossword puzzle, etc.
• What word games are there (punning)? Mark them.

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• Punning in Sonnet 29
• When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
• I all alone beweep my outcast state
• And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
• And look upon myself and curse my fate,
• Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
• Featured like him, like him with friends
  possessed,
• Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
• With what I most enjoy contented least
• Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
• Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
• (Like to the lark at break of day arising
• From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven's gate
• For thy sweet love remembred such wealth brings
• That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

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Literary Devices

• Are there lists such as Verb Lists? Noun Lists?
  Other word lists? Mark them.
• Are there internal vowel sounds in close
  proximity to each other repeated (Assonance)?
• Are there consonant sounds in close proximity to
  each other repeated (Alliteration)?
• Are there words that are, through imitation of
  their sound, rhetorically effective?
  (Onomatopoeia)?

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Literary Devices in Sonnet 29 Verb List 1 Verb
List 2 Assonance-nothing remarkable
here Alliteration 1 (l, k) Alliteration 2
(s,h) Onomatopoeia-nothing remarkable here

• When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
• I all alone beweep my outcast state
• And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
• And look upon myself and curse my fate,
• Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
• Featured like him, like him with friends
  possessed,
• Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
• With what I most enjoy contented least
• Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
• Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
• (Like to the lark at break of day arising
• From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven's gate
• For thy sweet love remembred such wealth brings
• That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

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Syntax

• Is there Old English, Elizabethan or difficult
  syntax? Mark it.

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Difficult Syntax in Sonnet 29

• When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
• I all alone beweep my outcast state
• And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
• And look upon myself and curse my fate,
• Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
• Featured like him, like him with friends
  possessed,
• Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
• With what I most enjoy contented least
• Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
• Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
• (Like to the lark at break of day arising
• From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven's gate
• For thy sweet love remembred such wealth brings
• That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

Old English Beweep Bootless Haply Remembred
Thy Thee
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Caesura si-zhoo-rah

• Where can we use caesuras to help us phrase
  things better? Mark your caesuras.
• A caesura is
• A pause in a line of verse dictated by sense or
  natural speech rhythm rather than by punctuation
  alone.
• In Latin and Greek prosody, a break in a line
  caused by the ending of a word within a foot,
  especially when this coincides with a sense
  division.
• Music A pause or breathing at a point of rhythmic
  division in a melody.

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Caesuras in Sonnet 29
// marks suggested caesuras, entered only where
punctuation does not already exist Q3

• When //in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
• I all alone beweep my outcast state
• And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
• And look upon myself //and curse my fate,
• Wishing me like to one //more rich in hope,
• Featured like him, like him with friends
  possessed,
• Desiring this man's art //and that man's scope,
• With what I most enjoy //contented least
• Yet in these thoughts //myself almost despising,
• Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
• (Like to the lark //at break of day arising
• From sullen earth) //sings hymns at heaven's
  gate
• For thy sweet love remembred //such wealth
  brings
• That then I scorn to change my state //with
  kings.

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The Moment Before/The Moment After

• Once the sonnet has been thoroughly examined,
  what is the moment before (30 seconds or less
  prior to the first spoken word)?
• What happens after the sonnet is through
  (immediately after the last word)?

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Making Sonnet 29 actable

• Create an event that spurs the first line i. e.,
  the prison doors just slammed.
• Create an event that lingers after i.e., I curl
  up in a fetal position and sleep.

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Your Sonnet

• All of these questions and examinations are found
  in one list Sonnet Text Work.
• Before memorizing, go through the questions and
  work out your answers.
• Then prepare your sonnet so that you are speaking
  to someone. Create a scenario where your sonnet
  might exist including the moment before and the
  moment after.

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Sonnet Text Work

• By Larry Gleason
• (This is my moment after.
• Consider yourself released.)