V5 P1 W7 sonnets

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 5

Basic rules

• We do our work when we should
• We are silent during explanations and raise our hands for questions
• Our phone is in our "zakkie" on the corner of our table
• We don't eat, drink, or chew gum in class

learning goals

I can recognize iambic pentameter

I can indicate a rhyme scheme

I can analyse a sonnet

Why is a sonnet better than a play, according to this fragment?

1. it is easier to write
2. people remember it for a lot longer
3. a play is often not well-visited
4. the weather has no influence on it

Shakespeare wrote how many sonnets?

1. 49
2. 82
3. 137
4. 154

What modern-day comparison is made by the end of the fragment? A sonnet resembles a...

iambic pentameter

But soft! What light through yon-der win-dow breaks?

It is the East and Ju-liet is the sun!

A-rise fair sun and kill the en-vious moon,

Who is al-rea-dy sick and pale with grief

That though her maid art far more fair than she

iambic pentameter

But soft! What light through yon-der win-dow breaks?

It is the East and Ju-liet is the sun!

A-rise fair sun and kill the en-vious moon,

Who is al-rea-dy sick and pale with grief

That though her maid art far more fair than she

Which parts are stressed?

Sonnet 18

homework 11/10

Reread and analyse sonnet 18

- rhythm

- rhyme

- literary devices

- sound techniques