Latin = sound
A sonnet is a fixed poem.
Sonnets were created in 13th century Italy.
The English kind, that Shakespeare wrote, are in iambic pentameter. (What is that?)
3 quatrains (sets of 4 lines each) followed by a rhyming couplet.
The rhyming scheme is:
Ist quatrain with example rhymes.
a (day)
b (temperate)
a (May)
b (date)
2nd quatrain with example rhymes.
c (shines)
d (dimmed)
c (declines)
d (untrimmed)
3rd quatrain with example rhymes.
e (fades)
f (ow'st)
e (shades)
f (grow'st)
Concluding couplet with example rhymes.
g (see)
g (thee)
Iambic Pentameter = Five Foot Line
Iambic = foot (Greek)
Penta = five
meter = line
Rules:
- Each line has 10 syllables (any number of words but 10 syllables).
- Those syllables can be broken down into 5 groups of 2 syllables (iambs).
da--------Dum----da--------Dum----da-------Dum---- da-------Dum-----da-------Dum
Shall-----I---------com------pare----thee-----to-------a--------sum------mer's----day?
1-------------------2-------------------3----------------- 4-------------------5-------------
April 29, 2003
Why?
Someone would want to compare someone they love with a Summer's day because that loved one has all the characteristics of Summer's day. First of all, that person is HOT! Dude, obviously! The rest: because Summer is the time for relaxation, it's very bright and brings out the best from anybody. Summer means no school ( Idon't know how that can relate to a person). Everything in nature is just perfect just like the loved one. You can enjoy being outside w/ someone just like summer. All the flowers are pretty especially the pink and green ones. The grass is nice. If there's no heat wave then the mild heat combined with the gentle breeze can lift someone off their feet and make that person feel so much better. It's time for ice cream which is sweet and cool. It's playing -blah blah- there's basketball. The sky is blue and the clouds are soft like cotton. The sun welcomes you and gives you life.
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