Sonnet 116

Sonnet 116

Let me not to the marriage of true minds

Admit impediments; love is not love

Which alters when it alteration finds,

Or bends with the remover to remove.

O no it is an ever-fixed mark,

That looks on tempests and is never shaken;

It is the star to every wand’ring bark,

Whose worth’s unknown, although his height be taken.

Love’s not Time’s fool, though rosy lips and cheeks

Within his bending sickle’s compass come;

Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,

But bears it out even to the edge of doom.

If this be error and upon me proved,

I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

A poem in 4 parts.

English Sonnets tended to have a very rigid stucture, (4,4,4,2) 3 quatraines and a couplet.

Each of these parts makes a point in itself, what are they?

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2-

3-

4-

Overall -

Compare...

Sonnet 116 compares to a number of poems from the anthology, in your books make a list and an explanation of why/how you would compare it to each.

L:O. Can you work out the poets intentions?

All- Comment on what the poem is for, say something about language/structure/form

Most- Be able to suggest how the poem meets its purpose through its form/structure/language

Some- Be able to confidently relate how the poet uses the features of the poem for effect and suggest multiple purposes.

Looking at the sonnet, briefly list the points that Shakespeare suggets,

Love is...

Bark - Small boat

Mark - Beacon

Sound like a sonnet...

Answer....

What is a sonnet?

What kind of poem might it be?

Who was famous for writing sonnets?

What was the point of writing them?

Love ... Isn't?

Equally in the form of a sonnet write a reply to Sonnet 116, it can be in the form of love or hate (it could be a very cynical denial or the result of someone getting divorced)

In your sonnet you must address the points Shakespeare has made, make sure you are familiar with those before you start!

Sonnet 116