Shakespeare's Sonnet 18 and Questions

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?
Thou art more lovely and more temperate.
Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,
And summer's lease hath all too short a date.
Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
And often is his gold complexion dimmed;
And every fair from fair sometime declines,
By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed.
But thy eternal summer shall not fade
Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st;
Nor shall death brag thou wand'rest in his shade,
When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st,
So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,
So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.


Response Questions
On a separate sheet of paper please answer the following questions.
1.What is the rhyme scheme of this poem?
2.Summarize the theme of this poem.
3.How many syllables are in the first and last line?
4.Why might the last two lines be separated from the rest of the poem?
5.What metaphor is in this poem; what two things are compared?
6.What is an example of personification?
7.What is “this” in the last line? How long will it last?

Extended Metaphor Poem 1/7-1/8/10

Students were assigned an Extended Metaphor poem today in class. It is a part of their poetry scrapbook and is due at the beginning of the next class period.

Extended Metaphor Poem

My life is like a river
Sometimes flowing lightly and gently
Moving along with ease
My life is like a river
Sometimes rough and rapid
Longing for some release
Trying to calm the storm
Waiting for the sun to shine overhead
Looking for the rainbow in the sky
My life is like a river
I like the gentle bends
I like the smooth waters
They bring me peace and joy
I do not like the rocks and currents
They are struggles in my life
I enjoy the nice peaceful waters
My life is like a river
Having ups and downs
Twists and turns
Trying to smooth them out

Literary Terms

Literary Terms: For each term, give either a definition or description and provide an example and the title of the poem which provides an example. Use your notes from class and the Literature textbook. Do this on your own paper and include it in your scrapbook.

1. Alliteration
2. Allusion
3. Analogy
4. Assonance
5. Blank Verse
6. Connotation
7. Couplet
8. Denotation
9. Diction
10. Epic
11. Euphony
12. Imagery
13. Lyric Poem
14. Metaphor
15. Meter
16. Narrative Poetry
17. Onomatopoeia
18. Personification
19. Poetic License
20. Repetition
21. Rhyme Scheme
22. Rhythym
23. Free verse
24. Simile
25. Sonnet
26. Stanza
27. Symbol
28. Tone

Imagery

Imagery: Language that appeals to the senses.  

Remember that imagery is the use of language to put us "in the situation" to either taste, touch, smell, hear, or see something that is being described in literature.  

UNIT 3 LEARNING GOALS

Students will be required to know and be able to apply the below skills at the end of this unit:

Imagery
Figures of Speech
Rhythm and Meter
Sound Effects
Irony and Tone
Simile
Personification
Paradox
Alliteration
Consonance
Assonance
Repetition
Onomatopeoia

Semester Two 1/5/10: Poetry Unit Intro and Concrete Poem

We are starting a poetry unit today that will last through the end of january.  Students will be doing a concrete poem today in class.  They will probably not finish by the end of the class and it will be due at the beginning of the next class period.  It is worth 20 pts.