Ms. Bridges' AP English

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 m...

Notes for AP English Literature Sonnet 18 Volta is the turn in the sonnet. The volta occurs on line 9 and occurs on “But thy eternal summer shall not fade. 1. What aspects of a summer day are used in this comparison with the beloved? Are any of them favorable? More temperate means softer, gentler, in the middle Her (Beloved) She is lovelier than the summer She is more temperate Summer: It shakes the darling buds (it’s rough) It’s too short It’s too hot and bright And often is his gold complexion dimmed. SUMMER THUNDERSTORMS!!!!!!! And every fair from fair sometimes declines By chance of nature’s changing course untrimmed Fair means beauty This means the poem he wrote about her. Theme is a statement. The theme of Sonnet 18 is that Her beauty is of a time period but is still short. That anything can live on forever in writing. That the writer will live on forever in his/her works. Beauty is short lived and will die, but the physical beauty will achieve immortal...