SONNET 18

Unlock Shakespeare's Sonnet 18! Learn about its beauty, metaphors, and structure. Analyze and write like the Bard!

Brainstorm Imagine a sunny day. Write as many English words as you can think of in one minute's time relating to the image of a summer's day. Emojis How do people usually feel about the summer? Choose 5 emojis to answer this question! This is the first line from a famous poem by William Shakespeare. Why might Shakespeare compare "thee" (the subject of his poem) to a summer's day?"Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" Listening Before listening here are some words you might need help with:thee - you fair - beautiful; beautythou - you fade - disappearthy -your decline - become smaller; decreaseart - are dimmed - become less bright; cloudedhath- has untrimm'd - unchanged, the same Remember the first question: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?What is, in Shakespeare's words, the main difference between the beauty of the summer and the beauty of "thee"? (two correct answers) summers are less beautiful than "thee" the beauty of "thee" shall never fade because of the poem summer's beauty easily fades and ends because of the changes in the nature "thee"'s beauty doesn't change Metaphors Shakespeare uses a lot of metaphors in his poem.A metaphor is a figure of speech that is used to make a comparison between two things that aren't alike but do have something in common. Draw connections below to show which words or phrases are paired in the sonnet. the eye of heaven the sun summer's day beauty eternal summer youth This poem is a sonnet. The word sonnet comes from the Italian word 'sonneto' which means 'a little song' Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets. This one is called Sonnet 18. Learn more about sonnets by watching this video! How many lines are there in a sonnet? 10 14 8 12 In a Shakesperean sonnet, there are three quatrains and a couplet. TRUE FALSE Quatrain is a stanza of .... 4 lines 14 lines Sonnets were mostly written as love poems TRUE FALSE Rhyming words Look at the first quatrain of Sonnet 18. Which words rhyme?Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?Thou art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summer’s lease hath all too short a date; day May temperate date Let's recap! If you don't know the answers go back to the lesson and find them! The Shakespearean sonnets are constructed from three quatrainsand a final couplet, that is it has got 14 lines. It is written in iambicpentameter with the rhymescheme abab cdcd efef gg. In this sonnet, Shakespeare uses a lot of metaphorsto compare the subject of the poem's beauty and youth to a summer's day. Your turn! Try to write a sonnet. Please, remember: there are 3 quatrains and a couplet (14 lines), and the rhyiming scheme as in the table.AND HERE'S A TWIST! I have already started it for you. Good luck!(If you don't like my first line, you can change it, BUT you have to start by comparing two things, for example: Shall I compare playing in the park to video games... etc...)SONNETShall I compare my in-person classes to online school?ABABCDCDEFEFG G