The following content is based on a poem by W.Shakespeare (Sonnet 18)
Objective :
Developing a basic knowledge of text analysis tools and writing practice in the context of a major literary piece.
Type of material : Literature
Estimated Time : 5 / 6 hours
Part 1
A definition
| A sonnet is a poem of fourteen lines using any of a number of formal rhyme schemes, in English typically having ten syllables per line. It originated in Italy in the 13th Century. One of the most famous “sonneteers”was Petrarch. |
Text
| Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? (Sonnet 18)William Shakespeare – 1564-1616 Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer’s lease hath all too short a date. Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimmed; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimmed; But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st, Nor shall death brag thou wand’rest in his shade, When in eternal lines to Time thou grow’st. So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee. |
Ex 1
Determine the structure of this sonnet by giving a letter name to each line…
One letter = one rhyme, for instance, the first four lines are
ABAB,….
Key Notion
| The iambic pentameter is very representative of traditional English Poetry. Iambic : unstressed syllable + stressed syllable Pentameter : 5 iambic ‘patterns’ Here below, the apostrophe represents the stress [ __ ‘__ __ ‘__ __ ‘__ __ ‘__ __ ‘__ ] The last part of a sonnet (here, a ‘couplet’) generally introduce a ‘volta’. A volta is an unexpected turn in the development of the poem. [to access full content please contact me] …. Contactez moi pour découvrir ce contenu dans son intégralité : Ce module représente approximativement 5 à 7 heures de pratique en autonomie et contient plusieurs exercices, fiches de vocabulaires, rappels grammaticaux. Vous pouvez me faire parvenir vos productions afin que je les corrige ou travailler en parfaite autonomie. Je me tiendrai à votre disposition pour toute question d’approfondissement ou tout point à éclaircir. Vous pouvez consulter la page rappelant les différents services ainsi que le fonctionnement de ces modules. Je suis impatient de vous rencontrer rapidement…. See you soon on Class in Common ! Franck |
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