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Shakespeare's sonnets
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Engels
Middelbare school
havo, vwo
Leerjaar 5,6
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Shakespeare's sonnets
Slide 1 - Slide
Take a guess: A Shakespearean sonnet (poem) has how many lines?
A
8
B
14
C
18
D
24
Slide 2 - Quiz
Take a guess: Shakespeare wrote how many sonnets?
A
49
B
82
C
137
D
154
Slide 3 - Quiz
Shakespearean Sonnets
- A sonnet = 14-line poem
- Iambic Pentameter = emphasis on 2nd syllable (lettergreep)
& every line has 10 syllables
"Shall
I
com
pare
thee
to
a
sum
mer's
day
"
- Sonnet originally comes from Italy
- 1609:
Shakespeare's Sonnets
- contained 154 poems
Slide 4 - Slide
Slide 5 - Video
Sonnet 18
- Compares the author's
lover to a summer's day
- While summer is lovely...
- ... his lover is more beautiful
and kind
- A summer's day will end,
his love for her will not
Slide 6 - Slide
Slide 7 - Video
Sonnet 116
= about the extreme ideal of love:
- never changes
- never fades
- outlasts death
- has no flaws
Slide 8 - Slide
Slide 9 - Video
Sonnet 130
- Joke on the conventions of love
- Doesn't praise his lover:
- not white as snow
- no beautiful red lips
- no golden hair
- Love doesn't need to be extreme
to be real, against unrealistic ideals
Slide 10 - Slide
Iambic Pentameter is...
A
Emphasis on the first syllable
B
Emphasis on the second syllable
C
Emphasis on the meaning
D
Emphasis on the amount of lines
Slide 11 - Quiz
True or false: "In Sonnet 18, a summer's day is more beautiful than Shakespeare's lover."
A
True
B
False
Slide 12 - Quiz
Shakespeare wrote how many poems?
A
129
B
143
C
154
D
167
Slide 13 - Quiz
Sonnet 130 is a joke on the ...
A
conventions of love
B
conventions of loyalty
C
conventions of devotion
D
conventions of desire
Slide 14 - Quiz
Sonnet 116 describes an extreme ideal of love, which is not mentioned about love?
A
It never changes
B
It outlasts death
C
It has no flaws
D
It is invaluable
Slide 15 - Quiz
Literature Test
- Read & study all the background information
- Check the answers to the questions & study them
- Be prepared for open, multiple choice & true/false questions
Slide 16 - Slide
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