Name Date
SONNET 18 / SONNET 29 / SONNET 116 / SONNET 130 COPY MASTER
Reading Skill
ANALYZE IMAGERY
Imagery consists of words and phrases that a writer uses to re-create sensory experiences forthe reader. Such language may appeal to the sense of sight, hearing, touch, taste, or smell.
Directions: As you read the sonnets, record examples of language that appeals to the senses.Explain the idea or emotion that is conveyed through this imagery.
Sonnet Imagery Idea or Emotion Conveyed
18 rough winds Summer weather can be harsh.
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Name Date
SONNET 18 / SONNET 29 / SONNET 116 / SONNET 130 COPY MASTER
Question Support
LITERARY ANALYSIS
For questions 1–3, see page 324 of the Pupil Edition.
Directions: Answer the questions on a separate sheet of paper.
4. Examine Shakespearean Sonnet A turn is a shift in thought. The turn in
“Sonnet 29” occurs in line The speaker turns from a feeling of
to a feeling of
5. Analyze Simile Reread lines 10–12 of “Sonnet 29.” Then complete the followingsentence.
The speaker is like a lark at break of day because
6. Analyze Imagery Reread “Sonnet 30.” In your own words, tell what physicalfeatures Shakespeare thinks the ideal woman would have.
7. Interpret Themes Complete the following sentences.
In “Sonnet 18,” Shakespeare says that although a person may age and die, poetry can
In “Sonnet 116,” he says that time cannot affect
8. Make Judgments Underline one of the titles in parentheses and then completethe sentence.
Of all the sonnets, (Sonnet 18, Sonnet 29, Sonnet 116, Sonnet 130) best shows the speaker’s love for
his subject, because
9. Compare Texts Complete the following sentences.
In “The Passionate Shepherd to His Love,” the speaker thinks that all he needs to live
happily is In Spenser’s “Sonnet 30,” the speaker thinks that love is
so powerful, it can In Shakespeare’s “Sonnet 116,” the speaker
believes that true love cannot be
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