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Can they attempt a sonnet in completely modern language?.Do they understand the dialectical nature of sonnets and the importance of the volta?.Do students understand that sonnets are not just a form but a way of thinking?.Have students identify the continuing influence of Shakespeare today.(See our modules on Petrarch and Petrarchan conventions.) Ask students to comment on how women change Petrarchan conventions.Ask students to identify these poems as Shakespearean or Petrarchan in form?.
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Ask students to talk about why these poets might have chosen to write a sonnet and not write in free verse?.Ask them to note how diction and concerns change over the centuries. Ask students to discuss how these poems are different from those written by Shakespearean and Renaissance writers.Have the class read each poem aloud, with one student reading the octave and the other the sestet, or, depending on the poem, three students each reading a quatrain and a fourth reading the concluding couplet.
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Hand out copies of the poems you have selected.Marilyn Nelson, “ How I discovered Poetry” - extremely powerful description of racial consciousness and poetry.Maxine Kumin, “ Purgatory” - how would Juliet feel about Romeo if she hadn't died and instead was stuck as home changing diapers?.Carol Ann Duffy, “ Anne Hathaway”- a funny take on what it's like to be Shakespeare's wife.
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Over five centuries, women writers and men writing about women have extended and transformed the sonnet to allow their voices to be heard. The Shakespearean sonnet continues to influence writers today. Gigi Bradford, former director of the NEA Literature Program and Folger Poetry Series, also taught the Folger's "Shakespeare's Sisters" seminar.Ĭommon Core Anchor Standards: R.1, R.2, R.5, R.6, R.9, R.10, SL.1 Lesson Overview She leads workshops on sonnets for teachers. She wrote "Nice Guys Finish Dead: Teaching Henry IV, Part I in High School" for the Shakespeare Set Free series. Authors: Louisa Newlin taught high school English for more than 40 years.
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