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Prepared by Tony Sun William Shakespeare (2): Sonnet Sonnet: a definition Types of sonnet Textual study: Sonnet 18 Sonnet 29 Sonnet: a definition A sonnet is a fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter. Types of Sonnet There are mainly three types of sonnet: The Italian (Petrarchan) sonnet The English (Shakespearean, Elizabethan) sonnet The Spenserian sonnet Type 1: the Petrarchan sonnet Structure: an octave (an eight-line stanza) followed by an sestet (a six-line stanza) Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cdecde or: abbaabba cdcdcd Note: This type of sonnet is constructed with a change of thought or turn between the octave and the sestet, so that the content and the form are allied. Type 2: the Shakespearean sonnet Structure three quatrains (a four-line stanza) followed by a couplet (a pair of rhymed lines) Rhyme scheme abab cdcd efef gg Note Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets. The first 126 sonnets are dedicated to a young man; sonnets 127—152 are dedicated to a “dark lady”, and the final two are allegorical. Type 3: the Spenserian sonnet Structure three quatrains and a couplet, and the couplet introduces new rhyme sounds to the poem Rhyme scheme the rhyme scheme interconnects the sound of the three quatrains: abab bcbc cdcd ee Textual study: sonnet 18 What is the structure? What is the meter like? What is its rhyme scheme? What is the theme of this sonnet? Shall I compare thee to a summers day? “Thee” in this line means “you”. The sonnet begins with a question: how can I compare you to a summer’s day? And the answer to the question follows up in the next line. Thou art more lovely and more temperate You are more lovely, you are more gentle. The youths beauty is more perfect than the beauty of a summer day. Here in this line, “more temperate” means more gentle, more restrained. Why did the poet say you are more lovely and more gentle than the summer’s day? The following lines give the answer: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May Today, the mo