The Sonnet








Advanced Studies: Meter

Assignments

* Journal: Sonnet Analysis
  • Find one Italian sonnet.  Locate the line of the turn (volta) and copy that line down.  Explain how the meaning of the poem shifts at that line. 
  • Find one English sonnet.  Locate the line of the turn (volta) and copy that line down down.  Explain how the meaning of the poem shifts at that line.  

* Journal: Sonnet Imitation
  • Find and hand copy one sonnet written before 1800 (this could be one above or another you find and like).  
  • Find and hand copy one sonnet written after 1800 (this could be one above or another you find and like). 
  • Now you will create your own sonnet using one of the poems you copied.  
    1. Model your poem after one or the other that you copied. 
    2. So, you need to have the same rhyme scheme (end-rhyme pattern). 
    3. You also need to try to write it in a similar kind of meter, but you will not lose points if can't meet this requirement perfectly.  This is challenging for many people to do. 
    4. You could choose the same theme or a different theme as that shown in your model. 
    5. Your turn or volta should occur in the same line that your model does, which means your meaning should shift in the same line as your model.  


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