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Shakespearean vs. Petrarchan Sonnets Instructions: A. Compare and contrast the differences between a Petrarchan sonnet vs. a Shakespearean sonnet. B. Some things that you’ll need to know before you start this assignment are: If the sonnet is going to be in the English form, the logical

progression of thought should be as follows: the first 12 lines develop the main idea, and the last 2 lines (a rhymed couplet) give the conclusion. The Italian (Petrarchan) form, the pattern should be thus: The first 8 lines develop the main idea, and the last 6 lines give the conclusion. Italian (Petrarchan) rhyme scheme: abba cddc efg efg. Shakespearean: abab cdcd efef gg

C. Read the following Petrarchan Sonnet and Shakespearean Sonnet http://www.cranberrydesigns.com/poetry/sonnet/examples.htm D. Answer the questions below using evidence from the text to each of your answers.

Petrarchan Sonnet A Game of Chess To John Brodie By Gwen Harwood

Nightfall: the town’s chromatic nocturne wakes a Dark brilliance on the river; colours drift b And tremble as enormous shadows lift b Orion to his place. The heart remakes a That peace torn in the blaze of day. Inside c Your room are music, warmth and wine, the board d With chessmen set for play. The harpsichord d Begins a fugue; delight is multiplied. c

A game: the heart’s impossible ideal- e

To choose among a host of paths, and know f That if the kingdom crumbles one can yield g And have the choice again. Abstract and real e ed in their trance of thought, two players show f the calm of gods above a troubled field. g

Harwood, Gwen. “A Game of Chess.” Patterns in Poetry, 2012. http://www.cranberrydesigns.com/poetry/sonnet/examples.htm. Pg. 3

Shakespearean Sonnet Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Sonnet 18 By William Shakespeare 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 dimm’d; And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance, or nature’s changing course, untrimm’d; But they eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou owest; Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou growest; So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.

Shakespeare, William. “Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day? Sonnet 18.” Patterns in Poetry, 2012. http://www.cranberrydesigns.com/poetry/sonnet/examples.htm. Pg. 3

Questions 1.What is the rhyme scheme of the Shakespearean poem and the Petrarchan poem? Label each accordingly. _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 2. What does the difference between the rhyme schemes do to the poems? How does it make them different? How does it make them the same? _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 3. What is the main idea and conclusion of the Shakespearean poem? Use examples from the text to explain your meaning. _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 4. What is the main idea and conclusion of the Shakespearean poem? Use examples from the text to explain your meaning. _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 5. The main idea is the first 12 lines of a Shakespearean poem and the last two are the conclusion. What affect does that have on the poem? Use examples from the text to back up your reasoning. _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 6. The main idea is the first 8 lines of a Petrarchan poem and the last 6 are the

conclusion. What affect does that have on the poem? Use examples from the text to back up your reasoning. _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________ 7. Which of the two types of writing would you rather read and why? Use examples from the text to back up your reasoning. _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________