15 TH CENTURY

POETRY
LITERATURE 5 A2

RECAPTIULATE SONNET

Sonnet 14 lines
Origins in Petrarch brought to England because of the renaissance
Structure
Written in iambic pentameter
Shakespeare is known for his sonnets, but he stands on the shoulders of giants

SONNETEERS

Courtiers, lived at court

Politically and culturally important
Wrote in iambic pentameter but also in blank verse
Blank verse was introduced by the earl of Surrey ( also known as?)

BLANK VERSE
Unrhymed iambic pentameter
Can be in other rhyme paterns too
Shakespeare uses it for example in monologues (difference between monologue
an soliloquy?)
Marlowes mighty line. Was this the face that launched a thousand ships? (P22 of
literature booklet)

Forces within man result of tragic circumstance

Tragedy of characer

MARLOWE

Own tragedy
Dr Faustus
Marlowe was the first author who exploited the potential of blank verse for
writing a powerful speech as given here. The pattern utilized here is iambic
pentameter.
You stars that reignd at my nativity,
Whose influence hath allotted death and hell,
Now draw up Faustus like a foggy mist
Into entrails of yon labouring clouds,
So that my soul may but ascend to Heaven

TYPES OF BLANK VERSE POETRY

Iamb pentameter blank verse (unstressed/stressed syllables) I am , I am , I am

Trochee blank verse (stressed/unstressed syllables) trochee, poky, choky, tick
tock
Anapest blank verse (unstressed/ unstressed / stressed understand,
contradict , anapest

MENDING WALLS BY ROBERT FROST

Something there is that doesnt love a
wall ( trochee)
That sends the frozen-ground-swell
under it, (iambic)
And spills the upper boulders in the sun;
(Mending Walls by Robert Frost)

BLANK VERSE
Originated from Latin and Greek sources, blank verse is
widely employed as a vehicle in English dramatic poetry
and prose to create specific grandeur. Blank verse has
similarity to normal speech but it is written in a variety of
patterns, which bring interruptions such as pauses.
Therefore, the intention is to produce a formal rhythmical
pattern that creates musical effects. Hence, it tends to
capture the attention of the readers and the listeners,
which is its primary objective.

MICRO AND MACRO ANALYSIS

MICRO
WHAT? Comparison Micro analyses
HOW? Form groups according to the poets you analysed
Compare your analyses Similarities? Differences? Questions? ( 5 mins)
Combine all the best points of everyone to make ONE final micro analysis ( 10
mins)
Share this with the class

CHARACTERISTICS
Imagery
Style
Literary devices
Lay-out
Metre
Rhyme scheme

MACRO
Use your (group)micro analysis
Use your literature booklet for information on the poems and poets
Look at characteristics and literary devices
Use the internet and find an analysis of your poem
Use your own opinion to give a more complete analysis of the poem
Use the internet to find more information

PREPARE HANDOUT AND PRESENTATION

In groups
One presentation per poem So everyone understands!! No CTRL-C, CTRL-V
Short log on who did what
Next week Wednesday 14th