Sonnet Making

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Sonnet 116

by William Shakespeare

Let me not to the marriage of true mindsAdmit impediments. Love is not love

Which alters when it alteration finds,

Or bends with the remover to remove:

O no! it is an ever-fixedmark

That looks on tempests and is never shaken;

It is the star to every wandering bark,

Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.

Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips andcheeks

Within his bending sickle's compass come:

Love alters not with his brief hours andweeks,

But bears it out even to the edge ofdoom.

If this be error and upon me proved,

I never writ, nor no man ever loved.


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- pattern of rhyme between

lines of a poem or song

- using letters to indicate

which lines has the same

rhyme- it is the pattern of end

rhymes or lines

Rhyme Scheme


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- Occitan word, sonet and

Italian word, sonetto both

means little song or little

sound

- 14 lines, specificrhyme

scheme and specific

structure

- Sonneteers

- William shakespeare 154

sonnet


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- sonnet line consists of ten

syllables

- syllables are divided into

five pairs called iambs or

iambic feet

- An iamb is a metrical unitmade up of one unstressed

syllable followed by one

stressed syllable.

Meter of Sonnet 116

Iambic Pentameter


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Kinds of Sonnet Proponent Lines Rhyme Scheme

Italian

(Petrarchan)

sonnet

Giacomo da

Lentini

octave

sestet

a-b-b-a a-b-b-a c-d-

e-c-d-e

or c-d-c-c-d-c and c-

d-c-d-c-d

Spenserian

sonnet

Edmund

Spenser

3 quatrains

couplet

a-b-a-b b-c-b-c c-d-

c-d e-e

Onegin stanzaor Pushkin

Sonnet

Alexander

Pushkin

14 aBaBccDDeFFeGG

Scupham

Sonnet

Scupham

Sonnet

14 a-b-c-c-b-a-d-e-f-f-e-d

g-gCurtal Sonnet Gerard Manley

Hopkins

11 or 10 a-b-c-a-b-c d-b-c-d-c

Caudate Sonnet Invention is

credited to

Francesco Berni

14 and a

coda

a-b-a-b-c-d-c-d-e-f-g-

e-f-g g-h-h


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Structure of English

(Shakespearean Sonnet)

- form consists of fourteen lines

structured as three quatrains and

a couplet

- third quatrain generallyintroduces an unexpected sharp

thematic or imagistic "turn"; the

volta

- with only a rare exception, the

meter is iambicpentameter

- usual rhyme scheme is end-rhymed

a-b-

a-b

,c-

d-c-

d, e-f

-e

-f, g

-g


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Shakespeare: Sonnets

001 | 002 | 003 | 004 | 005 | 006 | 007 | 008 | 009 | 010011 | 012 | 013 | 014 | 015 | 016 | 017 | 018 | 019 | 020

021 | 022 | 023 | 024 | 025 | 026 | 027 | 028 | 029 | 030

031 | 032 | 033 | 034 | 035 | 036 | 037 | 038 | 039 | 040

041 | 042 | 043 | 044 | 045 | 046 | 047 | 048 | 049 | 050

051 | 052 | 053 | 054 | 055 | 056 | 057 | 058 | 059 | 060

061 | 062 | 063 | 064 | 065 | 066 | 067 | 068 | 069 | 070071 | 072 | 073 | 074 | 075 | 076 | 077 | 078 | 079 | 080

081 | 082 | 083 | 084 | 085 | 086 | 087 | 088 | 089 | 090

091 | 092 | 093 | 094 | 095 | 096 | 097 | 098 | 099 | 100

101 | 102 | 103 | 104 | 105 | 106 | 107 | 108 | 109 | 110

111 | 112 | 113 | 114 | 115 | 116 | 117 | 118 | 119 | 120121 | 122 | 123 | 124 | 125 | 126 | 127 | 128 | 129 | 130

131 | 132 | 133 | 134 | 135 | 136 | 137 | 138 | 139 | 140

141 | 142 | 143 | 144 | 145 | 146 | 147 | 148 | 149 | 150

151 | 152 | 153 | 154 |


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Theme of Shakespeares Sonnets

- stories about a handsome boy, or rival poet, and

the mysterious and aloof "dark" lady they bothlove.

Sequence of Shakespeares Sonnets

The sonnets fall into three clear groupings:

- Sonnets 1 to 126 are addressed to, or concern, a

young man;

- Sonnets 127-152 are addressed to, or concern, a

dark lady (dark in the sense of her hair, her facialfeatures, and her character)

- Sonnets 153-154 are fairly free adaptations of two

classical Greek poems.

- most popular Sonnets are Sonnets 018, 029, 116,

126 and 130.


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how to make a

Shakespearean

Sonnet


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a1

b1

a2

b2

c1

d1

c2

d2

e1f1

e2

f2

g1

g2

1. You need 7 words (a1-g1) and you need to think of

interesting rhyming words (a2-g2) to each of them.

Lay them out like this on your notes:


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2. Sometimes a writer finds that a

later quatrain or line is much stronger

than her first one. Feel free to move itto the start of the Sonnet. Keep

reorganizing the material if it helps

you come closer to what you feel and

believe and want to communicate.


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3. Check that you have

followed all the features of

your form, thus proving thatyou have power over language

instead of it having power

over you.


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4. As with all formal poemsnowadays, it is vital that the

form does not "drive" your poem.

If the rhyme scheme and form

begin to feel forced, then you

must assert the poem's content.Be friend with your dictionary!


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5. Traditionally, you keep the same linelength throughout a Sonnet (unless you

are Gerald Manley Hopkins). The

traditional length centers around (but

does not obsessively lock-step with)

iambic pentameter in English. That gives

the rhythmic repetition that the ear

associates with music. It also gives apleasant appearance on the page.


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6. Sometimes a writer varies linelengths in order to challenge the

listener's or reader's expectations:

that is fine if you do it deliberately.Just don't be lazy and cut lines short

or let them run long because you

can't be bothered to fix your poem'sproblems.


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7. The less you follow a traditional

Sonnet form, the less you can claim

to have written a Sonnet. Again,

only break a form's rules becauseyou choose to, not because you lack

the skills and devotion to make

your poem work in a traditionalform.


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8. Enjoy the pressure.Be bold. Be natural.


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How to do it

1. Follow the rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg.

2. Feel free to organize your piece.3. Be conscious with the structure of a

Shakespearean sonnet.

4. Do not be stress out with the rhyme scheme,

find the right words in the dictionary.5. Do not obsessively follow iambic

pentameter.

6. Do not be lazy and cut lines. Remember to

focus on your concept.

7. Follow the traditional sonnet form as

possible.

8. Enjoy the pressure. Be bold. Be natural.


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Assignment:Write your sonnet in a

short coupon bond

together with your names.

You can make a design if

you want. Pass it nextmeeting.

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