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As you read John Donne, "Death, be not proud," review the structure of the English sonnet. Identify the rhyme scheme, individual quatrains, turn and couplet. How does the use of such a strict pattern, not only in rhyme and meter, but also in meaning, make the poem more understandable?
As you read William Shakespeare, "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?", review the structure of the English sonnet. Identify the rhyme scheme, individual quatrains, turn and couplet. How does the use of such a strict pattern, not only in rhyme and meter, but also in meaning, make the poem more understandable?
As you read William Shakespeare, "My mistress's eyes are nothing like the sun," review the structure of the English sonnet. Identify the rhyme scheme, individual quatrains, turn and couplet. How does the use of such a strict pattern, not only in rhyme and meter, but also in meaning, make the poem more understandable?
As you read William Shakespeare, "When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes," review the structure of the English sonnet. Identify the rhyme scheme, individual quatrains, turn and couplet. How does the use of such a strict pattern, not only in rhyme and meter, but also in meaning, make the poem more understandable?
Compare and contrast Dickinson's poems with that of the sonnet. How does she maintain some of the poetic tradition that grew out of the sonnet? In what ways does she strike out on her own in terms of structure? Regarding the three poems read here, what patterns do you see developing in Dickinson's structure?
Compare and contrast Whitman's poems with that of the sonnet. How does he maintain some of the poetic tradition that grew out of the sonnet? In what ways does he strike out on his own in terms of structure? Regarding the three poems read here, what patterns do you see developing in Whitman's structure?
Consider the structure of the poems by T. S. Eliot and e.e. cummings. What elements, if any, of the sonnet remain in the structure of either man's poetry? How did the modern poets borrow from the innovative forms of Dickinson and Whitman and take them to the next level?