Name: Renaissance Poetry Shakespearean Sonnets: 18, 29, 116, 130 Directions: Read the following Shakespearean Sonnet. Mark the rhyme scheme next to the line of the poem. Then answer the questions below.
SONNET 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; But thy eternal summer shall not fade Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou growest: So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, So long lives this and this gives life to thee.
1. What is being described in each section of the poem? st 1 Quatrain
nd 2 Quatrain
rd 3 Quatrain
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2. Identify literary devices in the poem. You can put the line number and type of device. ______3. What idea is the author trying to convey? ______
Shakespearean Sonnets: 18, 29, 116, 130 Directions: Read the following Shakespearean Sonnet. Mark the rhyme scheme next to the line of the poem. Then answer the questions below.
SONNET 29
When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, I all alone beweep my outcast state, And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, And look upon myself, and curse my fate, Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, Featur'd like him, like him with friends possess'd, Desiring this man's art and that man's scope, With what I most enjoy contented least; Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, Haply I think on thee, and then my state, Like to the lark at break of day arising From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate; For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
1. What is being described in each section of the poem? st 1 Quatrain
nd 2 Quatrain
rd 3 Quatrain
Couplet
2. Identify literary devices in the poem. You can put the line number and type of device. ______3. What idea is the author trying to convey? ______
Shakespearean Sonnets: 18, 29, 116, 130 Directions: Read the following Shakespearean Sonnet. Mark the rhyme scheme next to the line of the poem. Then answer the questions below.
SONNET 116
Let me not to the marriage of true minds Admit impediments. Love is not love Which alters when it alteration finds, Or bends with the remover to remove: O no; it is an ever-fixed mark, That looks on tempests, and is never shaken; It is the star to every wandering bark, Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken. Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks Within his bending sickle's compass come; Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks, But bears it out even to the edge of doom. If this be error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
1. What is being described in each section of the poem? st 1 Quatrain
nd 2 Quatrain
rd 3 Quatrain
Couplet
2. Identify literary devices in the poem. You can put the line number and type of device. ______3. What idea is the author trying to convey? ______
Shakespearean Sonnets: 18, 29, 116, 130 Directions: Read the following Shakespearean Sonnet. Mark the rhyme scheme next to the line of the poem. Then answer the questions below.
SONNET 130
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun; Coral is far more red than her lips' red; If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun; If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head. I have seen roses damask'd, red and white, But no such roses see I in her cheeks; And in some perfumes is there more delight Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. I love to hear her speak, yet well I know That music hath a far more pleasing sound; I grant I never saw a goddess go; My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground: And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare As any she belied with false compare.
1. What is being described in each section of the poem? st 1 Quatrain
nd 2 Quatrain
rd 3 Quatrain
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2. Identify literary devices in the poem. You can put the line number and type of device. ______3. What idea is the author trying to convey? ______
SPENSERIAN SONNET: 30, 75 A Spenserian sonnet consists of three four-line units called quatrains, followed by two rhymed lines called a couplet. The couplet answers or summarizes the question or idea posed in the three quatrains. The rhyme scheme is abab bcbc cdcd ee. Directions: In your words, write the question or idea that is discussed in each quatrain in “Sonnet 30.” Then explain how the couplet at the end responds to these questions or ideas.
Sonnet 30
MY love is like to ice, and I to fire; How comes it then that this her cold so great Is not dissolv’d through my so hot desire, But harder grows the more I her entreat? Or how comes it that my exceeding heat 5 Is not delay’d by her heart-frozen cold; But that I burn much more in boiling sweat, And feel my flames augmented manifold! What more miraculous thing may be told, That fire, which all things melts, should harden ice; 10 And ice, which is congeal’d with senseless cold, Should kindle fire by wonderful device! Such is the power of love in gentle mind, That it can alter all the course of kind.
Quatrain / Devices used Main Idea/ Question Posed Lines 1–4
Lines 5–8
Lines 9–12
In lines 13–14, the speaker responds to the quatrains by saying that: ______
SPENSERIAN SONNET: 30, 75
Sonnet 75
One day I wrote her name upon the strand, But came the waves and washed it away: Again I write it with a second hand, But came the tide, and made my pains his prey. Vain man, said she, that doest in vain assay, A mortal thing so to immortalize, For I myself shall like to this decay, And eek my name be wiped out likewise. Not so, (quod I) let baser things devise To die in dust, but you shall live by fame: My verse, your virtues rare shall eternize, And in the heavens write your glorious name. Where whenas death shall all the world subdue, Our love shall live, and later life renew.
Quatrain/ Devices used Main Idea/ Question Posed Lines 1–4
Lines 5–8
Lines 9–12
In lines 13–14, the speaker responds to the quatrains by saying that ______
Pastoral Poems: THE PASSIONATE SHEPHERD TO HIS LOVE / THE NYMPH’S REPLY TO THE SHEPHERD
PASTORAL A pastoral is a poem that presents shepherds in idealized rural settings. Details of pastoral life and nature imagery are used to convey emotions and ideas. Directions: In the chart, list the words and phrases used to convey the joys of love in “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love.” An example has been done for you.
Words and Phrases from “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love” “Melodious birds sing madrigals”
COMPARE SPEAKERS The speaker in a poem is the voice that addresses the reader from a particular point of view. Directions: The speakers in the two poems express very different attitudes about love. Contrast the speakers’ differing attitudes toward love using specific words and phrases.
Shepherd’s Line Nymph’s Reply “I will make thee beds of roses” “flowers do fade”
Pastoral Poems cont.: 1. Analyze Imagery How does Raleigh’s use of changing seasons support the nymph’s opinion? ______2.Compare Speakers Think about the lines in the two poems that are similar. How does each speaker feel about love? ______
Cavalier Poems: TO HIS COY MISTRESS / TO THE VIRGINS, TO MAKE MUCH OF TIME While reading poetry, you will often need to interpret figurative language, which communicates ideas beyond the literal meanings of the words. The following types of figurative language are common in Cavalier poetry which is known for its musical, light-hearted verse. • metaphor: a comparison of two unlike things • simile: a comparison that uses the word like or as • hyperbole: an exaggeration used for emphasis or humorous effect Directions: List examples of hyperbole, metaphor, and simile with an interpretation of their meanings.
Poem Figurative Language Interpretation
“To His Coy Mistress” Hyperbole: “My vegetable love should The speaker’s love will not dissipate in the future grow/Vaster than empires and more but will continue to grow. slow”
LITERARY ANALYSIS: Directions: Answer the questions. 4. Interpret Figurative Meaning Match each line to its figurative meaning. lines 38–40, “To His Coy Mistress” a. Our lives are short. lines 3–4, “To the Virgins, To Make Much of Time” b. We should devour time.
Cavalier Poems cont.:
5. Analyze Theme Name one image the poet uses to express the passing of time in each poem. “To His Coy Mistress”:
“To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” :
6. Make Generalizations About Speakers Think about the speakers in all three poems. Tell how each speaker feels about women. “To His Coy Mistress”:
“To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time” :
from PARADISE LOST Analysis Directions: Read the questions below and think about the events and ideas in the excerpt from Paradise Lost. Then answer each question in one or two complete sentences. 1. What has happened in Heaven that caused Satan to be punished?
2.Describe the place of his punishment.
3.What is Satan’s attitude toward God after his punishment?
4.Why does Beelzebub worry that his eternal life may be of no use to him?
5.Why doesn’t Satan regret his punishment?
6. Draw Conclusions About the Speaker Reread lines 1–26. Then complete each sentence. The speaker is ambitious because :
The speaker is humble because :
7.Understand Imagery Reread lines 59–74. Then complete the sentence. The detail about Hell that seems most dramatic to me is:
8. Interpret Difficult Texts Write a one-sentence summary of each of these sections. lines 53–58 :
lines 242–270 :
9. Compare and Contrast Characters A foil is a character who contrasts with a main character. How is Beëlzebub Satan’s foil? Think about how the two angels act.
10. Analyze Allusions An allusion is a brief reference to a fictional or historical person, place, or event, or to another literary work or passage. Choose one allusion from lines 192–241. Explain why Milton uses that allusion.