Mon, Dec 18, 2023
Discuss Shakespeare Poems
Assign sonnet writing project: Creative Writing pg 265. Using one of the three Shakespeare sonnets in this unit. Write an original sonnet maintaining the theme and tone of the sonnet you are modeling. Must use rules of Shakespearean sonnet. 14 lines: three quatrains and a rhyming couplet with proper rhyme scheme. Feel free to find a different Shakespearean sonnet but if you use one not in the book, you must post it with your original poem.
Due by end of class time on Tue, Dec 10, 2023 Uploaded to GC
Sonnet 141
In faith, I do not love thee with mine eyes,
For they in thee a thousand errors note;
But 'tis my heart that loves what they despise,
Who in despite of view is pleased to dote;
Nor are mine ears with thy tongue's tune delighted,
Nor tender feeling, to base touches prone,
Nor taste, nor smell, desire to be invited
To any sensual feast with thee alone:
But my five wits nor my five senses can
Dissuade one foolish heart from serving thee,
Who leaves unsway'd the likeness of a man,
Thy proud heart's slave and vassal wretch to be:
Only my plague thus far I count my gain,
That she that makes me sin awards me pain.
Tue, Dec 19, 2023
Working on Shakespeare inspired poems. Due by end of class period.
Wed, Dec 20, 2023
Semester Tests
Thu, Dec 21, 2023
Semester Tests
Fri, Dec 22, 2023
Begin Christmas Break