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13 Cards in this Set
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Structure of Shakespeare's sonnets (5) |
✨ 14 lines ✨ 3 quatrains and couplet ✨ Problem found in quatrains ✨rhyme scheme ABAB CDCD EFEF GG ✨ Iambic pentameter (10 syllables in each line) |
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Structure of sonnet 12 (4) |
✨3 quatrains , rhyming couplet ✨first two quatrains develop the theme which is the inevitability of death and aging ✨3rd quatrain extends the theme ✨ Rhyming couplet is the turn/shift in poem (Volta) |
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Explain the theme (3) |
Inevitability of death and ageing *Shakespeare associates ageing with the loss of a lovers beauty *Feelings that lovers share will eventually fade *Metaphors linked to nature are compared to human ageing, loss of youth and fading of beauty |
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Explain general message of each stanza (4) |
First Quatrain: Physical markers of passage of time to describe how ageing is unavoidable Second quatrain: natura imagery shows beauty fades with age and death follows Third quatrain: Speaker questions why everything that is young and beautiful loses its beauty at the wastes of time. Rhyming couplet: only way to cheat death is by having children who will continue your legacy |
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Identify three measurements which speaker used to indicate passage of time in first two quatrains |
* Ticking clock * Change of seasons * Day to night |
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Why is day described as brave while night is hideous |
Day is a metaphor for life , while night is a metaphor for death. Brave is used to describe day as something positive and wonderful while hideous is used to describe night which is awful and threatening . |
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What is the function of the apostrophes in line four and explain why it is necessary for the structure of the poem |
The apostrophe is used to shorten the words because if they were not it would interfere with iambic pentameter of the poem, where each line can only have ten syllables |
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Identify figure of speech in line 8, comment on it's effectiveness |
Alliteration used here created emphasis and indicated that a new tone or theme is approaching |
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Name function of the dash at end of line 8 in context of poem |
Creates a dramatic pause in the poem , what happens behind the dash will deal with a different topic |
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What isa Volta and describe where it occurs |
Turn/shift in the poem Occurs at the end of the third quatrain and shifts from discussing how death and ageing are inevitable to providing a solution. |
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Identify the mythic figure referred to in line 13 and explain why Time is capitalised |
Grim Reaper who has a scythe to cut down time. Time is capitalised as it is given human qualities to identify it |
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Identify one adjective to describe the tone of the third quatrain do the same for the rhyming couplet |
Third quatrain is fatalistic. Everything beautiful will die Rhyming couplet Tone is reassuring and humourous.. you can cheat death by having children as your beauty will continue to love through your offspring and will never be destroyed |
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Take two positive adjectives and describe their effectiveness. Do same with negative |
Positive adjectives: brave, beauties: life , colour, strength , lovely Negative adjectives: hideous, white : awful, disgusting, unwanted , death |
