CvSU Vision CvSU Mission

The premier universityin

historic Cavite recognized for
excellence in the development of
morally upright and globally
competitive individuals.
Republic of the Philippines
CAVITE STATE UNIVERSITY
Bacoor City Campus
Soldiers Hills IV, Molino VI,
City of Bacoor, Cavite
(046) 476 - 5029
www.cvsu.edu.ph
Cavite State University shall provide
excellent, equitable and relevant educational
opportunities in the arts, science and technology
through quality instruction and relevant research
and development activities.
It shall produce professional, skilled and
morally upright individuals for global
competitiveness.

DEPARTMENT OF TEACHER EDUCATION

LEARNING MODULE IN GNED 15 – Activity

Name: JOSHUA H. LAGONOY Date: March 22, 2021

Course and Section: BSE 2-1E Instructor: Mr. Erickson Mercado

Activity

I - Identify the rhyming scheme of the sonnet below and the type of sonnet by identifying the
stanzas. (20 pts)

One day I wrote her name upon the strand, A

But came the waves and washed it away, B
Again I write it with a second hand, A
But came the tide, and made my pains his prey. B
Vain man, said she, that doest in vain assay, B
A mortal thing so to immortalize, C
For I myself shall like to this decay, B
And eek my name be wiped out likewise. C
Not so, (quod I) let baser things devise, C
To die in dust, but you shall live by fame: D
My verse, your virtues rare shall eternize, C
And in the heavens write your glorious name. D
Where when as death shall all the world subdue, E
Our love shall live, and later life renew. E

At first the sonnet looks like a Shakespearean sonnet. It has of three quatrains followed by
a couplet, and written in iambic pentameter, which the same form as Shakespeare uses. To
know if the sonnet is Spenser’s the reader needs to look at the rhymes. In a spenserian sonnet
the rhyme scheme is ABAB/BCBC/CDCD/EE.

For English majors only:

II - Analyze the first four lines and identify the rhythm by labeling the stressed and unstressed
syllables and the type of meter. (10 pts)
The first quatrain of the poem has an ABAB rhyme scheme, and it is written iniambic meter.

u ___ u ____ u _____ u ___ u _____

One day / I wrote / her name / upon / the strand,
u ____ u ______ u _____ u __ u ___
But came / the waves / and wash / ed it / away:
u ___ u ____ u ___ u __ u _____
Again / I write / it with / a se / cond hand,
u ___ u ____ u ____ u _____ u _____
But came / the tide, / and made / my pains / his prey.