Shakespeares Sonnets.ppt

Shakespeare’s Sonnets Sonnet 1 Sonnet 2 Shakespeare’s Sonnets Spenserian Sonnet Sonnet 18 * * A lyric poem, properly expressive of a single, complete thought, idea, or sentiment, of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, with rhymes arranged according to one of certain definite schemes. As a form the Sonnet developed in Italy in the 13th century and was introduced into England by Thomas Wyatt (托马斯·怀亚特) and Ear Surrey (厄尔·瑟瑞). In the 14th century, Petrarch (彼特拉克) raised it to its greatest Italian perfection. Sonnet can be classified into three types: 1. Italian Petrarchan The Italian form is distinguished by its division into the octave (意大利八行体，consists of 8 lines rhyming abbaabba, presents a narrative, states a proposition or raises a question) and the sestet (意大利六行体，consists of 6 lines rhyming cdecde, cdccdc, or cdedce, drives home (make it understand) the narrative by making an abstract comment, applied the proposition, or solves the problem) 2. English or Shakespearean 3. Spenserian sonnets Shakespearean sonnet is also called the English sonnet, with three quatrains (every stanza has four lines, the rhyme scheme is abab or abba) and a two-line unit called a couplet (对子). The typical rhyme scheme for the English Sonnet is as follows:? first stanza (quatrain): abab; second stanza (quatrain): cdcd; third stanza (quatrain): efef; Couplet: gg. The Spenserian Sonnet combines the former two forms, using three quatrains and a couplet but having linking rhymes among the quatrains, thus abab bcbc cdcd ee. 我怎么能够把你来比作夏天？你不独比它可爱也比它温婉：狂风把五月宠爱的嫩蕊作践，夏天出赁的期限又未免太短： Quatrain 1: abab Shall I compare thee (you) to a summers day?Thou (you) art more lovely and more temperate:Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summers lease hath (has) all too short a date: *