Sonnets Edmund Spenser

Renaissance
Sonnets

Edmund Spencer 
William Shakespeare
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Renaissance
Sonnets

Edmund Spencer 
William Shakespeare

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Which motto means ' remember that you are mortal'
A
carpe diem
B
ad fontes
C
memento mori
D
carpe vinum

Slide 2 - Quiz

Which motto was te motto of the Renaissance?
A
carpe diem
B
memento mori
C
a bene placito
D
cave canum

Slide 3 - Quiz

Which wife did not belong to Henry VIII?
A
Anne Boleyn
B
Catherine of Spain
C
Jane Austen
D
Catherine Howard

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In which century did the Renaissance start in England?
A
14th century
B
16th century
C
15th century
D
17th century

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Middle Ages
The Renaissance
Geoffrey Chaucer
Humanism
Memento mori
invention of printing
Courtly love tradition
theocentric
culture
anthropocentric
culture

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Sonnets
- What is a sonnet?
- What parts are in a sonnet?

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Introduction
  • Sonetto, Italian for "little song" or "little sound"
  • Lyrical poem of 14 lines 
  • Sonnet is used to investigate a problem, conflict, desire, etc.
  • Specific rhyming pattern (e.g. abba-abba)
  • Specific meter (stressed versus unstressed syllables) 
  • Sonnets contain a volta = a moment in the sonnet where the rhyming scheme changes, as well as the subject matter 

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Petrarchan Sonnet
  • Named after Francesco  Petrarca (1304-1374)
  • Also referred to as the Italian Sonnet
  • 14 lines of the poem are divided as such:
    Octave (8 lines): abba-abba
    Sestet (6 lines): cde-cde OR cd-cd-cd
  • Octave's purpose is to introduce a problem, desire, wish, etc.
  • Sestet introduces the volta, signalled by change in rhyme 

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Shakespearian Sonnet
  • Popularized by Shakespeare (1564-1616), even though the Petrarchan sonnet style was extremely popular at the time! 
  • 14 lines of the poem are divided as such:
    Three quatrains (4 lines):  abab, cdcd, efef
    One couplet (2 lines): gg 
  • The quatrains introduce the problem/theme and explore it
  • The volta is found in the couplet, which resolves the theme

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Shakespearian Sonnet (ctd.)
  • Sonnet's meter is predominantly an iambic pentameter.
  • Each line consists of 10 syllables in total
  • Syllables are divided into 5 pairs, called iambs / iambic feet.
  • An iamb is one unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable.
    When I / do COUNT / the CLOCK / that TELLS / the TIME (sonnet 12)

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Sonnet 73: That time of year thou mayst in me behold

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Shakespeare - Sonnet 73
Take a look at sonnet 73 by Shakespeare and answer the following questions: 
1. Which rhyme scheme is used? 
2. In which line does the 'volta' start? How can you tell? 

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Shakespeare - Sonnet 73
Answers: 
1. Sonnet 73 is a Shakespearean sonnet. This means that the poem has three quatrains and a final rhyming couplet. It has an ABAB CDCD EFEF GG rhyme scheme and it is composed in iambic pentameter

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Shakespeare - Sonnet 73
Answers: 
 The volta occurs in line 13. "This thou perceiv'st, which makes thy love more strong." The theme of the sonnet is the idea that although with the passage of time and the inevitability of death, it is important to cherish the time we have on Earth with those we love.

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Alquin
Read through pages 14 and 20-21 (Edmund Spenser)

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