Andrew Marvell
"To His Coy Mistress"
Tempest
Tempestuous: stormy; has a lot of ups and downs;
Chapped:
Referring to skulls: the chap is the lower jaw. Chapless means that the skull has deteriorated to such an extent that the ligaments that hold the jaw to the skull have decayed.
“To His Coy Mistress”
Understanding: Question #1
Analyzing: Questions 2 and 3
Extending: Questions 4
Soapstone: But don’t forget the tone!!!!!!!!
This will be due tomorrow, Thursday, March 3rd
Ere: (pronounced like air) before
Ten syllables = five iambs
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day
(Shall I) (compare) (thee to) (a sum) (mer’s day)
Shall = unstressed
I = stressed
Elizabethan sonnets: iambic pentameter
Penta: five
Mono: one
Rhyme Scheme of Sonnet 73:
Behold A
Hang B
Cold A
Sang B
Day C
West D
Away C
Rest D
Fire E
Lie F
Expire E
By F
Strong G
Long G
This thou perceiv’st, which makes thy love more strong,
To love that well which though must leave ere long.
Couplet: two end lines which rhyme.
All Elizabethan sonnets end with a couplet!!!!!!!!!!
All sonnets (usually) have fourteen lines.
The Elizabethan sonnet is composed of three quatrains and a couplet
Caesura: a break in the line of poetry; the purpose of a caesura in the hands of a poet is to draw attention to an idea or thought; to show a change in direction of thought and/or emotion, etc., or for emphasis
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
The break can be caused by: a dash -; by a semi-colon; by a period; by a comma
Enjambment: a run-on in a poetic line. The line or thought starts on one line and continues without a break onto the next line. The poet uses this to create a sense of urgency.
Sonnet 73:
That time of year thou mayst in me behold
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,
Tempestuous: stormy; has a lot of ups and downs;
Chapped:
Referring to skulls: the chap is the lower jaw. Chapless means that the skull has deteriorated to such an extent that the ligaments that hold the jaw to the skull have decayed.
“To His Coy Mistress”
Understanding: Question #1
Analyzing: Questions 2 and 3
Extending: Questions 4
Soapstone: But don’t forget the tone!!!!!!!!
This will be due tomorrow, Thursday, March 3rd
Ere: (pronounced like air) before
Ten syllables = five iambs
Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day
(Shall I) (compare) (thee to) (a sum) (mer’s day)
Shall = unstressed
I = stressed
Elizabethan sonnets: iambic pentameter
Penta: five
Mono: one
Rhyme Scheme of Sonnet 73:
Behold A
Hang B
Cold A
Sang B
Day C
West D
Away C
Rest D
Fire E
Lie F
Expire E
By F
Strong G
Long G
This thou perceiv’st, which makes thy love more strong,
To love that well which though must leave ere long.
Couplet: two end lines which rhyme.
All Elizabethan sonnets end with a couplet!!!!!!!!!!
All sonnets (usually) have fourteen lines.
The Elizabethan sonnet is composed of three quatrains and a couplet
Caesura: a break in the line of poetry; the purpose of a caesura in the hands of a poet is to draw attention to an idea or thought; to show a change in direction of thought and/or emotion, etc., or for emphasis
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
The break can be caused by: a dash -; by a semi-colon; by a period; by a comma
Enjambment: a run-on in a poetic line. The line or thought starts on one line and continues without a break onto the next line. The poet uses this to create a sense of urgency.
Sonnet 73:
That time of year thou mayst in me behold
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,
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