莎翁十四行诗赏析.ppt.ppt

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: a definition
Types of
Textual study:
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: a definition
A is a fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter.
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Types of
There are mainly three types of :
The Italian (Petrarchan)
The English (Shakespearean, Elizabethan)
The Spenserian
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Type 1: the Petrarchan
Structure:
an octave (an eight-line stanza) followed by an sestet (a six-line stanza)
Rhyme scheme:
abbaabba cdecde or: abbaabba cdcdcd
Note:
This type of is constructed with a change of thought or turn between the octave and the sestet, so that the content and the form are allied.
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Type 2: the Shakespearean
Structure
three quatrains (a four-line stanza) followed by a couplet (a pair of rhymed lines)
Rhyme scheme
abab cdcd efef gg
Note
Shakespeare wrote 154 s. The first 126 s are dedicated to a young man; s 127—152 are dedicated to a “dark lady”, and the final two are allegorical.
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Type 3: the Spenserian
Structure
three quatrains and a couplet, and the couplet introduces new rhyme sounds to the poem
Rhyme scheme
the rhyme scheme interconnects the sound of the three quatrains: abab bcbc cdcd ee
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What is the structure?
What is the meter like?
What is its rhyme scheme?
What is the theme of this ?
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Shall pare thee to a summer's day?
“Thee” in this line means “you”. The begins with a question: how can pare you to a summer’s day? And the answer to the question follows up in the next line.
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Thou art more lovely and more temperate
You are more lovely, you are more gentle. The youth's beauty is more perfect than the beauty of a summer day.
Here in this line, “more temperate” means more gentle, more restrained. Why did the poet say you are more lovely and more gentle than