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Spenser’s Sonnets – Lesson 6LQ: Can I understand the Spenserian Sonnet structure and use my understanding to analyse the presentation of love in two
Sonnets by Spenser?
Love: platonic, courtly, unrequited, godly, familialSocial Context: Renaissance, ballad, Tudors, Puritans, Humanism
LIT TERMS: pentameter, free verse, alliteration, sexual language, Spenserian sonnet, rhyme scheme, couplet
LESSON 4:LQ: Can I understand the Spenserian Sonnet structure and use my
understanding to analyse the presentation of love in two Sonnets by Spenser?
Excellent progress: well-chosen quotations, literary devices analysed, effect on reader discussed, alternative interpretations considered and social context mentioned
Outstanding progress: well-chosen quotations, sophisticated language used, literary devices analysed, effect on reader argued with perceptive points made, alternative interpretations revealed, developed consideration of social and historical context
Love: platonic, courtly, unrequited, godly, familialSocial Context: Renaissance, ballad, Tudors, Puritans, Humanism
LIT TERMS: pentameter, free verse, alliteration, sexual language, Spenserian sonnet, rhyme scheme, couplet
The Spenserian sonnet form:
Look at the two sonnets in pairs…
What is the rhyme scheme and rhythm?
Are there common themes?
Love: platonic, courtly, unrequited, godly, familialSocial Context: Renaissance, ballad, Tudors, Puritans, Humanism
LIT TERMS: pentameter, free verse, alliteration, sexual language, Spenserian sonnet, rhyme scheme, couplet
The Spenserian sonnet The Spenserian Sonnet is based on a fusion of elements of both the Petrarchan sonnet and the Shakespearean sonnet. It is similar to the Shakespearan sonnet
in the sense that its set up is based more on the 3 quatrains and a couplet,a system set up by Shakespeare; however it is more like the Petrarchan tradition in the fact that the conclusion follows from the argument or issue set up in the
earlier quatrains. ABAB,BCBC; CDCDEE.. Adheres to a very strict pentameter. Spenser’s roots are in balladic form – as his epic faerie queen shows The rhyme scheme and
strict rhythm causes the poems to have more “storylike qualities”.
Love: platonic, courtly, unrequited, godly, familialSocial Context: Renaissance, ballad, Tudors, Puritans, Humanism
LIT TERMS: pentameter, free verse, alliteration, sexual language, Spenserian sonnet, rhyme scheme, couplet
TASK 1: Two/Four groups: one group/two groups
focus on one sonnet and the others on the second. Analyse for language, form
and structure..
Excellent progress: well-chosen quotations, literary devices analysed, effect on reader discussed, alternative interpretations considered and social context mentioned
Outstanding progress: well-chosen quotations, sophisticated language used, literary devices analysed, effect on reader argued with perceptive points made, alternative interpretations revealed, developed consideration of social and historical context
Love: platonic, courtly, unrequited, godly, familialSocial Context: Renaissance, ballad, Tudors, Puritans, Humanism
LIT TERMS: pentameter, free verse, alliteration, sexual language, Spenserian sonnet, rhyme scheme, couplet
Feedback to the other group your analysis
EXT: how does the form or structure add to the
tone/message/effect of the poem?
Excellent progress: well-chosen quotations, literary devices analysed, effect on reader discussed, alternative interpretations considered and social context mentioned
Outstanding progress: well-chosen quotations, sophisticated language used, literary devices analysed, effect on reader argued with perceptive points made, alternative interpretations revealed, developed consideration of social and historical context
Love: platonic, courtly, unrequited, godly, familialSocial Context: Renaissance, ballad, Tudors, Puritans, Humanism
LIT TERMS: pentameter, free verse, alliteration, sexual language, Spenserian sonnet, rhyme scheme, couplet
Swap poems
Now try to add context, critical interpretations
and alternative interpretations
(contemporary and modern reception)
Excellent progress: well-chosen quotations, literary devices analysed, effect on reader discussed, alternative interpretations considered and social context mentioned
Outstanding progress: well-chosen quotations, sophisticated language used, literary devices analysed, effect on reader argued with perceptive points made, alternative interpretations revealed, developed consideration of social and historical context
Love: platonic, courtly, unrequited, godly, familialSocial Context: Renaissance, ballad, Tudors, Puritans, Humanism
LIT TERMS: pentameter, free verse, alliteration, sexual language, Spenserian sonnet, rhyme scheme, couplet
Feedback
Excellent progress: well-chosen quotations, literary devices analysed, effect on reader discussed, alternative interpretations considered and social context mentioned
Outstanding progress: well-chosen quotations, sophisticated language used, literary devices analysed, effect on reader argued with perceptive points made, alternative interpretations revealed, developed consideration of social and historical context
Love: platonic, courtly, unrequited, godly, familialSocial Context: Renaissance, ballad, Tudors, Puritans, Humanism
LIT TERMS: pentameter, free verse, alliteration, sexual language, Spenserian sonnet, rhyme scheme, couplet
How does Spenser present love in Sonnet 75
and Sonnet 30?
EXT: can you make comparisons to other
poems you have studied?
Excellent progress: well-chosen quotations, literary devices analysed, effect on reader discussed, alternative interpretations considered and social context mentioned
Outstanding progress: well-chosen quotations, sophisticated language used, literary devices analysed, effect on reader argued with perceptive points made, alternative interpretations revealed, developed consideration of social and historical context
Love: platonic, courtly, unrequited, godly, familialSocial Context: Renaissance, ballad, Tudors, Puritans, Humanism
LIT TERMS: pentameter, free verse, alliteration, sexual language, Spenserian sonnet, rhyme scheme, couplet
Model paragraph:
Can you identify the crucial elements?
Love: platonic, courtly, unrequited, godly, familialSocial Context: Renaissance, ballad, Tudors, Puritans, Humanism
LIT TERMS: pentameter, free verse, alliteration, sexual language, Spenserian sonnet, rhyme scheme, couplet
Address the questionQuotationsAnalytical terms2nd quotation to developSocial contextAlternative interpretations/Critical interpretationsLinks to wider readingSophisticated vocabulary
Now in pairs attempt your own paragraph:
Address the questionQuotations
Analytical terms2nd quotation to develop
Social contextAlternative interpretations/
Critical interpretationsLinks to wider reading
Sophisticated vocabulary
Excellent progress: well-chosen quotations, literary devices analysed, effect on reader discussed, alternative interpretations considered and social context mentioned
Outstanding progress: well-chosen quotations, sophisticated language used, literary devices analysed, effect on reader argued with perceptive points made, alternative interpretations revealed, developed consideration of social and historical context
Love: platonic, courtly, unrequited, godly, familialSocial Context: Renaissance, ballad, Tudors, Puritans, Humanism
LIT TERMS: pentameter, free verse, alliteration, sexual language, Spenserian sonnet, rhyme scheme, couplet
Feedback to class
Listen and prepare to:COMPLIMENT +
IMPROVE
Excellent progress: well-chosen quotations, literary devices analysed, effect on reader discussed, alternative interpretations considered and social context mentioned
Outstanding progress: well-chosen quotations, sophisticated language used, literary devices analysed, effect on reader argued with perceptive points made, alternative interpretations revealed, developed consideration of social and historical context
Love: platonic, courtly, unrequited, godly, familialSocial Context: Renaissance, ballad, Tudors, Puritans, Humanism
LIT TERMS: pentameter, free verse, alliteration, sexual language, Spenserian sonnet, rhyme scheme, couplet
