Quick, what are the key attributes of a sonnet?
How many lines?
What's the per line syllable count?
What meter is it written in?
What's the rhyme scheme of a Shakespearean sonnet?
And what's so special about that final couplet?
If you can answer these questions, you have a basic understanding of the sonnet. But there's more. I'll be talking about the first three quatrains on Friday. You guessed it; they often have a special role as well.
You've seen several sonnet examples--some professionally written and some student written. Now I am asking you to write one. Be thinking of your idea. What will you focus on?
But for your immediate future, you should be focusing on the NBT paper. Due to the snow day, you have received an extension on the paper. What was once due Friday will now be due Monday. Be ready to peer edit well tomorrow. Today's analysis of a couple papers should give you a clearer idea about what to do for your own paper and how to best edit the paper of your peer. I'll be offering a handout tomorrow to help you focus on what's important while editing. Fill it out diligently and thoughtfully. You'll be returning it to the author who, in turn, will be submitting it with his/her final draft. I'll be looking it over to see what kind of effort and advice you offered.
By the way, I read Peter Rutkowski's and Conrad Adams' papers today and really like what I saw. If you want to be sure you are doing it correctly, you might want to check to see what they are writing.
Can you give me fresh, original examples of verbal, situational, and dramatic irony? I'll be asking you for them on Friday. Sure, you can call it a quiz if you want.
Won't see you tomorrow--meetings to attend--but I'll be in the building and will see all of you on Friday.
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