Shakespearean Sonnet Assignment Due Friday, March 21 Rhyme Scheme: abab cdcd efef gg. Identify three different images for first three quatrains. Written in one stanza with iambic pentameter. Each line has ten syllables and the second syllable in each foot is stressed (duhDUM, duhDUm, duhDUM…). Topic: love, loyalty, violence, or hate Use of at least three literary devices: imagery, metaphor, simile, and/or allusion. Start some of the sentences with verbs, and juggle the order of words like Shakespeare does. A mix of enjambment and end-stopped lines. Example by William Shakespeare: SONNET 18 Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? a Thou art more lovely and more temperate: b 1 st quatrain Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, a a b a b And summer's lease hath all too short a date: b Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, c And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; d 2 st quatrain And every fair from fair sometime declines, c c d c d By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; d But thy eternal summer shall not fade e Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; f 3 rd quatrain Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, e e f e f When in eternal lines to time thou growest: f So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, g 4 th quatrain So long lives this and this gives life to thee. g g g Rubric Exemplary Proficient Developing Beginning Form • Entire poem follows meter, length and rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet • Most of the poem follows meter, length and rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet • Some of the poem follows meter, length and rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet or some elements of form are ignored • Little of the poem follows meter, length and rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet or most elements of form are ignored Theme Poem exhibits a well-developed and original theme. • Theme is reflective of those found in Shakespearean sonnets. • Poem exhibits an original theme. • Theme is reflective of those found in Shakespearean sonnets. • Poem exhibits an original theme. • Theme is not reflective of those found in Shakespearean sonnets. • Poem does not exhibit a clear theme • Theme is not reflective of those found in Shakespearean sonnets. Figurative Language • Poem exhibits a well-developed extended metaphor. • Poem employs at least three clear uses of figurative language. • Poem exhibits an extended metaphor. • Poem employs at least two clear uses of figurative language. • Poem attempts an extended metaphor. • Poem employs at least one clear uses of figurative language. • Poem exhibits a welldeveloped extended metaphor. • Poem does not employ clear uses of figurative language. Conventions • Contains no spelling or usage errors • Contains few spelling or usage errors • Contains errors that generally do not distract from meaning • Contains errors that significantly interfere with meaning

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Shakespearean Sonnet Assignment Due Friday, March 21

Rhyme Scheme: abab cdcd efef gg. Identify three different images for first three quatrains. Written in one stanza with iambic pentameter. Each line has ten syllables and the second

syllable in each foot is stressed (duhDUM, duhDUm, duhDUM…). Topic: love, loyalty, violence, or hate Use of at least three literary devices: imagery, metaphor, simile, and/or allusion. Start some of the sentences with verbs, and juggle the order of words like Shakespeare does. A mix of enjambment and end-stopped lines.

Example by William Shakespeare:

SONNET 18

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? a Thou art more lovely and more temperate: b 1st quatrain Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, a a b a b And summer's lease hath all too short a date: b Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, c And often is his gold complexion dimm'd; d 2st quatrain And every fair from fair sometime declines, c c d c d By chance or nature's changing course untrimm'd; d But thy eternal summer shall not fade e Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; f 3rd quatrain Nor shall Death brag thou wander'st in his shade, e e f e f When in eternal lines to time thou growest: f So long as men can breathe or eyes can see, g 4th quatrain So long lives this and this gives life to thee. g g g

Rubric Exemplary Proficient Developing Beginning

Form • Entire poem follows meter, length and rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet

• Most of the poem follows meter, length and rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet

• Some of the poem follows meter, length and rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet or some elements of form are ignored

• Little of the poem follows meter, length and rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet or most elements of form are ignored

Theme Poem exhibits a well-developed and original theme. • Theme is reflective of those found in Shakespearean sonnets.

• Poem exhibits an original theme. • Theme is reflective of those found in Shakespearean sonnets.

• Poem exhibits an original theme. • Theme is not reflective of those found in Shakespearean sonnets.

• Poem does not exhibit a clear theme • Theme is not reflective of those found in Shakespearean sonnets.

Figurative Language

• Poem exhibits a well-developed extended metaphor. • Poem employs at least three clear uses of figurative language.

• Poem exhibits an extended metaphor. • Poem employs at least two clear uses of figurative language.