what i have learned?,,,,

////william shakespeare's life..\\\\

• he is known as the greatest poet, english dramatist, and playwright,
• his father is john shakespeare
• they lived in stratford
• during his childhood, he attended grammar school
• he learned classics, particularly in in latin grammar and literature
• in 1582, he was married to anne hathaway
• they had children: susana and the twins: hamnet and judith
• he worked in london as a playwright
• he joined a group of travelling players and he was a country school teacher
• in 1584, he became an actor and playwright for the chamberlains men

,,,,,,,his poetry

• he was known in his sonnets
• it was first published in 1609
• he wrote 126 out of 154 sonnets
• his sonnets are marked by recurring themes of beauty, youthful beauty, ravaged by time and the ability of love and art trascend time even death

CHARACTERISTICS OF SONNETS

1. RULES IN WRITING A SONNET

• consists of 14 lines
• must be written in iambic pentameter: lines of poetry that can be divided in into five metric feet with alternately stressed and unstressed syllables
• must be written in one various standard rhyme scheme

"shakespearan Sonnet- the rhyme scheme is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

First quatrain- an exposition of the main theme and main metaphor

second quatrain- theme and metaphor, complicated

third quatrain- twist or conflict

couplet- summarizes and leaves the reader with a new concluding image...