5V Shakespeare's Sonnets

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5V Shakespeare's Sonnets

Assignment

1. What does the speaker in Sonnet 116 say love is and is not?

2. Based on his description of love, how old does the speaker seem to be?

3. Is the speaker in Sonnet 116 in love with a specific person?

Sonnet 29

1. How many lines?

2. Rhyme scheme?

3. Metre?

4. How many parts?

Sonnet 29: Assignment

1. According to the opening lines  in Sonnet 29, how does the speaker sometimes feel?

2. Infer what makes the speaker feel this way?

3. Is the speaker in this poem in love with a specific person?

Sonnet 130

• Try and think of five cliché similes for one’s beloved (in terms of his/her body)

Sonnet 130: Assignment

1. In Sonnet 130, what ideal characteristics does the speaker say his love does not have?

2. Suggest why the speaker points out his mistress's shortcomings?

3. Is the speaker in this poem in love with a specific person?