Shakespeare sonnet assignment

Mr. Kennedy
AP English

Shakespeare Sonnet Focus Questions

Sonnet 18- Define the speaker of this poem. Define the object of this poem.
Explain line 7.
Is there a shift in tone in this poem? If there is explain it.
Explain the conceit used in this poem.

Sonnet 29- Tell why the speaker is an outcast.
Find the volta and explain the shift in tone.
Describe the object of the poem.

Sonnet 30-What does the alliteration do?
Tell how the structure of the poem hints at the location of the volta.

Sonnet 55-Explain the use of litotes.
How does the hyperbole function.
How do you reconcile the use of both hyperbole and litotes in the same poem.

Sonnet 73-Explain how death is used in this poem in all its facets,
What is being said about love?

Sonnet 116-What is being said about love?

Sonnet 130-How is litotes used?
Describe the speaker.
How do you know you have arrived at the volta in this poem.

Sonnet Assignment

Mr. Kennedy
AP English Lit.

Sonnet Assignment

Your task is to write your own original sonnet.
It is due on Wednesday, February 20.
You must show me your subject and plan for your shift at the beginning of class on Friday, February 15.
It must be written in iambic pentameter.
Decide whether it will be structured as an octave and a sestet, or structured with three quatrains and a couplet.

Here is the format I would like you to follow in presenting your sonnet.

ü The Poem.

ü A scanned line of your choosing that charts the feet and the meter.
ü Ex. To str’ive,/ to se’ek, /to fi’nd, /and n’ot /to yie’ld./

ü The subject of your sonnet as a single word.

ü The theme of your sonnet.

ü The volta of your sonnet and a brief explanation of the shift you are trying to depict.

ü Chart your rhyme scheme and your structure (ie. Octave and sestet, or three quatrains and a couplet).

ü Examples of figurative devices- similes, metaphors, apostrophes, personifications, synecdoche, metonymy.


If you meet these requirements you will receive 35 points.
If you recite it in front of the class you will add 10 points.
Reciting it by memory will add 5 points.

Heaney poems

You need to visit this site and read and listen to "From Clearances 3" and "From Clearances 5."
http://www.ibiblio.org/ipa/heaney.php

Both of these poems will be part of our sonnet assignment.
Mr. Kennedy

Metaphysical poets assignment

Metaphysical Poetry
Focus Sheet.
“The Pullley” p. 761 Explain the position of the speaker.
Explain the speaker’s tone to the subject of the poem.
Explain the conceit that inhabits the center of this poem.
Tell how this helps emphasize the theme.

“Virtue” p. 916 Explain the pronoun reference in the last line of the first stanza and all it contains.
Explain the title of the poem.
Explain the theme of this poem and some of the details that assist its presentation.

“Holy Sonnet 14” p. 731 Explain how the structure of this poem serves its thematic purpose.
Tell how the two are linked.

“Valediction” p. 784 Explain the circle imagery of the poem.
Explain how the lines, “Inter-assured of the mind/ Care less, eyes, lips, and hands to miss.” can be seen as crucial to understanding the thematic impact of this poem.
Explain the “it”s in the next to last stanza. (29-32)

“Sun Rising” p. 860 By ending the poem in a couplet what is Donne doing?
Tell why apostrophe is so important to this poem.
Describe as much as you can about the speaker of this poem.

“The Canonization.” p. 946 Explain as much as you can about the object of the poem – Who or what
is the speaker addressing?
Explain the taper imagery.
Explain the role of the title in this poem.

“Death Be Not Proud.” P.1145 What is the promise of this poem?
Tell how the structure of this poem helps deliver its thematic impact.

February syllabus

February. Focus on Poetry. How do I analyze poetry?
“Could Not Stop” 671.
“Stopping in Woods” 673.
“Bright Star” exercise.
Sonnet in Pocket exercise.
Voices exercise.
Focus on Metaphysical and Romantics.
A Herrick- Pretty Baby 664
Julia’s Voice 863
To Virgin 1016
Herbert- Pulley 761
Virtue 916
Donne-Sonnet 14 731
Valediction 784
Sun Rising 860
Cannonization 946
Death Be Not Proud 1145
In-class essay “Blackberry Picking.”

B Keats- Chapman’s Homer 777
Belle Dame 954
Bright Star 779
Grecian Urn 1018
Autumn 788
Nightingale 919
Shelley- West Wind 919
Ozymandius 925
Hopkins- Pied Beauty 1165
E. B. Browning- If Thou Must Love Me- 755
In-class writing “Preludes.”

C Shakespeare-Sonnet 55 679
#130 767
#18 795
#30 795
#73 877
#116
#29 1197