Friday, October 30, 2015

Homework This Weekend (Due Nov. 2nd)

Study your VOCAB! (see link on the right) -- no definitions or sentences, but understand how to apply these terms to real poems

Read and annotate 3 of the modern/contemporary poems in your packet.


Some reminders about sonnets:

Italian:
14 lines
Octave/Sestet (volta)
Rhyme: abbaabba/cdecde or cdccdc
NO RHYMING COUPLET

Early English Sonnet
14 lines
Octave/Sestet (volta)
Rhyme: abbaabba/cddc ee
RHYMING COUPLET

Shakespearean Sonnet
14 lines
Octave/Sestet (volta)
Rhyme: abab cdcd efef gg

RHYMING COUPLET & NEW RHYME SCHEME