Tuesday, May 22nd
Sonnets
We will review iambic pentameter and rhyme scheme. You will receive a copy of this template to write a rough draft of your sonnet.
SONNETS- We will Read and analyze this sonnet by Shakespeare. I will also share some information about what was considered beautiful during this time period. Let's just say, these women would not be gracing any magazine covers by today's beauty standards!
My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun (Sonnet 130)
My mistress’ eyes are nothing like the sun;
Coral is far more red than her lips’ red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress when she walks treads on the ground.
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.
We will write couplets in preparation for writing our own sonnets.
DON'T FORGET TO PRINT SOMETHING TO SHARE ON THURSDAY.
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