Almost all requirements of the sonnet project should be typed, and each requirement on a new page. Exceptions include marking rhyme scheme and meter and highlighting and labeling figurative language and sound devices on typed copies of the poem. Provide one double-spaced copy of the sonnet with lines numbered. On another typed copy, mark the rhyme scheme and identify sonnet type (Italian, English, etc.). On another typed copy, mark the meter (include foot divisions). Vocabulary – type the definitions of important word in the sonnet (20 words minimum). Paraphrase - restate the poem simply, sentence by sentence and type your version. Answer journalistic questions: who? what? when? where? why? and type a paragraph relaying author background. On another typed copy, highlight and label all figures of speech and literary devices (metaphors, conceit, simile, personification, irony, pun, paradox, oxymoron, etc.) Complete a device to meaning chart for at least two of your examples. On another typed copy, highlight and label all sound devices (assonance, alliteration, consonance, euphony, cacophony, etc.). Complete a device to meaning chart for at least two devices identified. Write a paragraph in which you identify and analyze two tones in the poem and identify the turn. [Use your Yellow Pages for help with tone words. Be sure to use quotations from the poem to support your choices.] In a chart, record a full introduction, at least two topic sentences, and list evidence for support. Include a copy of any other poem that conveys the same theme as your sonnet. Design your folder cover with a collage of images to represent the theme of your sonnet. Oral presentation Introduction Reading of one poem Transition Reading of the second poem Dress in “beatnik style” for our Poetry coffee and presentation day. Sonnet Study Essential Vocabulary “The vessel, the sonnet form, actually becomes a part of the meaning of the poem.” Thomas C. Foster Sonnet Types: Italian/Petrarchan English/Shakespearean
Deaf – unable to hear; refusing to listen; unyielding Heaven – celestial powers, God; the abode of God Bootless – without result; useless Cries – fit of weeping; utterance Curse – to wish or invoke evil; to abuse Wishing – wanting; desiring; yearning Rich – having wealth; abounding Hope – the feeling that what is wanted can be had Featured – to resemble Friends – person attached to another by feelings of affection, regard Possessed – belonging to one Art – skills or techniques Scope – aim or purpose; outlook application, effectiveness Enjoy – experience pleasure for; have or use with satisfaction Contented – satisfied with what on is or has Least – to the smallest extent, degree Thoughts – consideration or reflection Despising – to regard with contempt, disgust, or disdain; scorn; loath Haply – by chance; perhaps Think – remembering experiences; to call something to one’s mind Break of day - dawn Arising - to awaken; to ascend Sullen – persistently ill-humored; dismal Sings – to tell about or praise someone in song Hymns – an ode in praise of God; book in praise of someone or something Gate – an opening permitting passage through an enclosure Love - passionate affection for another person, deep affection Remembered – to recall to the mid; to retain in the memory Wealth – valuable possessions; plentiful amount; state of being prosperous Scorn - treat with disdain; reject; refuse Change - to give and take reciprocally; interchange Kings – male sovereign or monarch; person preeminent in his class PARAPHRASE [One sentence] When I’m alone, thinking of all of the things in life that I do not have, jealous of those who seem to have it all -- wealth, beauty, talent – and when I realize that no matter how much I complain, nothing will change and what used to make me happy no longer satisfies me, thankfully, I think about how fortunate I