Monday, Jan.23 ~ Sonnets Demystified

"If" Quiz - Stanzas 1 & 2

• When you finish, please begin taking the notes about the two different types of sonnnets (including the terms: quatrain, octave, sestet & volta). 
• Head's up! Our poetic devices quiz is tomorrow!

POETRY NOTES~ Sonnet Form

• Sonnet Notes ~ What is the difference between an Italian vs. a British sonnet? 

    We'll start with the Italian, sometimes called Petrarch sonnet...


Here are a couple of examples.... Notice the Iambic Pentameter.

Italian (Petrarch) Form

British (Shakespearean) Form

Journal 6 - Let's analyze one together...
For the poem, write a 1/2 page analysis that includes:
1) Is this sonnet an Italian or British style sonnet?
2) What poetic devices are present (name at least five) and how do they affect the rhythm, mood, or meaning of the poem?
3) Where is the turn and what is the conceptual relationship shown by the structure?


Together....

Holy Sonnets: Death, be not proud

BY JOHN DONNE

Death, be not proud, though some have called thee

Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;

For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow

Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.

From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,

Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow,

And soonest our best men with thee do go,

Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.

Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,

And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,

And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well

And better than thy stroke; why swell'st thou then?

One short sleep past, we wake eternally

And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.

On your own...Do the journal again based on a sonnet of your choosing..

• Christina Rossetti
• Robert Frost

• Here are a couple from the beloved Mr. Reno