Early Modern English - Metrical Patterns in Shakespearean Sonnets
Channel: The Virtual Linguistics Campus
Date: 2015-05-20

In this short E-Lecture, Sonja Fielitz and Juergen Handke - both from Marburg University - provide a brief overview of the main rhythmic principles used in Shakespearen sonnets. Using sonnet #18 as example, they explain and illustrate all metrical petterns necessary for the phonemic interpretation of Shakespearean (Early Modern) English. The video also includes an Italian sonnet read by Valentina Graziuso.