Poetry Analysis
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Poetry Analysis
"The Drought''
by Amy Helfrich
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Poetry Analysis
"The Drought"
by Amy Helfrich
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Learning Objectives
--Identify and analyze an idea or problem in a sonnet.
--Identify the form of a sonnet.
--Identify and analyze a sonnet's parts.
--Identify and analyze a sonnet's rhyme scheme.
--Research the nature of droughts.
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Sonnet
---A poem
---2 types of sonnets
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Types of Sonnets
Shakespearean Sonnet
Italian Sonnet
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Shakespearean Sonnet
Made up of four parts
Three four line groups and one couplet
The rhyme scheme is abab cdcd efef gg
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Rhyme Scheme
A pattern of end rhyme in a poem
Assign a letter of the alphabet to each end rhyme
Line with the same end rhyme gets the same letter.
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Rhyme Scheme Example
At night I stand and watch the stars on high (a)
And think of how they twinkle far away. (b)
I wonder if somewhere in that array (b)
There stands another watcher of the sky. (a)
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Italian Sonnet
Two Parts
One group of eight lines followed by a group of six lines
The rhyme scheme is abbaabba cdcdcd or cdecde.
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Italian Sonnet
One group of eight lines followed by a group of six lines
It's Rhyme Scheme is abbaabba cdcdcd or cdecde
Poetry Analysis
"The Drought''
by Amy Helfrich
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