Ballad and Ballad and Sonnet PoemsSonnet Poems

Ballad CharacteristicsBallad Characteristics• Ballads tell of an Ballads tell of an

event. They were event. They were often used to spread often used to spread the news, provide the news, provide entertainment, or entertainment, or create a "bigger than create a "bigger than real life" story.real life" story.

Ballads (continued)Ballads (continued)repetition often found in ballads repetition often found in ballads entire stanzas can be repeated like a song's entire stanzas can be repeated like a song's

chorus chorus lines can be repeated but each time a certain lines can be repeated but each time a certain

word is changed word is changed a question and answer format can be built into a a question and answer format can be built into a

ballad: one stanza asks a questions and the ballad: one stanza asks a questions and the next stanza answers the question next stanza answers the question

Beautiful Ballads…Beautiful Ballads…Often have verses of four linesOften have verses of four linesUsually have a rhyming patternUsually have a rhyming pattern

abacabacaabbaabbacbcacbc

Ballads contain a lot of dialogue Ballads contain a lot of dialogue Two characters in the ballad can speak to Two characters in the ballad can speak to

each other on alternating lines each other on alternating lines

Basic Sonnet FormBasic Sonnet FormLyric poem of 14 LinesLyric poem of 14 LinesIambic Pentameter (Meter)Iambic Pentameter (Meter)

Iamb= unstressed + stressedIamb= unstressed + stressedTrochee= stressed + unstressedTrochee= stressed + unstressedSpondee= stressed +stressedSpondee= stressed +stressedAnapest= unstressed+unstressed+unstressedAnapest= unstressed+unstressed+unstressedDactyl= stressed+unstressed+unstressedDactyl= stressed+unstressed+unstressed

More MeasurementMore Measurement

FeetFeetMonometer= Monometer=

one footone footDimeter= Dimeter=

two feettwo feetTrimeter= Trimeter=

three feetthree feetTetrameter= Tetrameter=

four feetfour feet

FeetFeetPentameter= Pentameter=

five feetfive feetHexameter= Hexameter=

six feetsix feetHeptameter= Heptameter=

seven ftseven ftOctameter= Octameter=

eight feeteight feet

Measure ExamplesMeasure ExamplesTyger Tyger Burning BrightTyger Tyger Burning Bright In the forests of the nightIn the forests of the nightTrochaic TetrameterTrochaic Tetrameter• Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Iambic PentameterIambic Pentameter• I love thee to the depth and breadth and I love thee to the depth and breadth and

heightheight Iambic PentameterIambic Pentameter

The SonnetThe SonnetShakespeareanShakespearean

Stanzas separated into Stanzas separated into three quatrains and a three quatrains and a coupletcouplet

Quatrains reveal a Quatrains reveal a situation and a quick situation and a quick turn comes at line 13 turn comes at line 13

Typical Rhyme SchemeTypical Rhyme Schemeabab cdcd efef ggabab cdcd efef gg

PetrarchanPetrarchanStanzas separated Stanzas separated

into an octave and a into an octave and a sestetsestet

Octave reveals a Octave reveals a situation/problem situation/problem and sestet is the and sestet is the resolutionresolution

Typical Rhyme Typical Rhyme SchemeSchemeabbaabbaabbaabba cdecde, cdccdc, cdecde, cdccdc,

or cdedceor cdedce

Meter WarsMeter Wars

Mary had a little lamb Mary had a little lamb And the sound of a voice that is stillAnd the sound of a voice that is stillTell me not in mournful numbersTell me not in mournful numbersThou art more lovely and more Thou art more lovely and more

temperatetemperateShe has combed and brushed her She has combed and brushed her

night dark hairnight dark hair

AnswersAnswers

Trochaic TetrameterTrochaic TetrameterAnapestic TrimeterAnapestic TrimeterTrochaic TetrameterTrochaic Tetrameter Iambic PentameterIambic PentameterTrochaic PentameterTrochaic Pentameter