Shakespeare's Sonnets

The 1609 edition contains

• 154 sonnets

• 158 sonnets

• 152 sonnets

• 157 sonnets

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

These sonnets are addressed to a young man:

• 1-17

• 18-126

• 1-126

• 127-154

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

Sonnets consist of

• 12 lines

• 14 lines

• 4 stanzas

• 15 lines

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

Turning point in the Shakespearean sonnet, normally in line 9:

• volta

• iambic

• heroic couplet

• quatrain

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.5

Metre in a Shakespearean sonnet:

• trochee

• iamb

• lamb

• alternating rhyme

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

An extended metaphor:

• conceit

• conceive

• centro

• cello

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CCSS.RI. 9-10.7

CCSS.RI.11-12.7

CCSS.RI.8.7

CCSS.RL.11-12.7

CCSS.RL.9-10.7

The heroic couplet contains the...

• conclusion

• thesis

• antithesis

• turn of thought

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

How many syllables does a sonnet line normally have?

• 10

• 12

• 8

• 5

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CCSS.RL.11-12.13

CCSS.RL.8.4

CCSS.RL.9-10.10

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

CCSS.RL.8.10

Repetition of sounds at the beginning of a series of words

• anaphora

• alliteration

• assonance

• enumeration

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.2.6

Implicit comparison between two things

• simile

• metaphor

• anaphora

• antithesis

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CCSS.RL.8.3

CCSS.RL.11-12.3

CCSS.RL.6.3

CCSS.RL.7.3

CCSS.RL.9-10.3