Sonnet 1 - Shakespeare

Sonnet 1 - Shakespeare Lets Analyze this! Sonnet Form

WHAT ARE THE REQUIREMENTS? 14 lines? Rhyme Scheme? Quatrains? Couplet? What is wrong with the this sonnet? What doesnt follow the rules? Syllables? Themes

Beauty The passage of human life in time Virtue Wasteful self-consumption Love of a young man in which he holds him above all else (procreation)

Imagery? Literary Devices Alliteration (1st consonance): L. 1, 4-6, 8, 11 used to convey the message of beauty

Metaphor: L. 2- the beauty of the man is compared to that of a rose Symbolism: L. 2, 6, 9 there are roses, flames, an fresh ornaments represent the beauty of human beings and their duty to reproduce Literary Devices Personification: L. 3, 6 as time passes

the person will grow older and eventually die MLA FORMAT! Weve discussed it before, to jog your memories. In-text citations for MLA and poems are: (author line #). (Hiralal 12-14) OR (Ko 15) This is for when you refer to the poem

in your summary paragraph. MLA FORMAT! At the end of your paragraph, you must remember to have a works cited: Work(s) Cited Last Name, First Name. Title of the poem. City of Publishing:

Publisher, Year. Page. Medium of Publication. Burns, Robert. "Red, Red Rose." New York: Dover, 1995. 26. Print.