英国文学8.2-讲解Sonnet-18.pptVIP

William Shakespeare (1564—1616) William Shakespeare(1564—1616) 1.His life 2.His literary career 3.Features of his drama 4.Text Study: Hamlet 5.His Poems 6.Text Study: Sonnet 18 5. His Poems  1) Shakespeare wrote 2 narrative poems and 154 sonnets which were addressed to a handsome young man and a dark lady.2) His plays are poetical dramas, many important dialogues and soliloquies in the plays assume the form of poetry. Sonnet A poem consisting of 14 lines with rhymes arranged according to one or other of certain definite schemes, of which the Petrarchan and the Elizabethan are the pr