Date:__22nd November 2022

WALT: Explore the effects of imagery

Keywords: Sonnet, imagery, rhyme scheme, quatrain

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1 Define imagery 3. She is a an angel

How do you think the speaker feels

about her?

2. What is the difference between a 4. Change the following simple

metaphor and an extended sentences into compound sentences.
metaphor?
He was innocent. He ran away.
 WILF
It’s as easy as ABC

To explore the
effects of the
imagery
Explain the ideas in
Sonnet 18

Identify the images

created in Sonnet
18
Keywords

Sonnet
A sonnet is a fourteen-line poem in iambic pentameter. It has a
specific structure and rhyming pattern. Sonnets are usually
associated with love.

Imagery
Using language techniques to create an image in the reader's mind.
 The Sonnet we are going to look at begins with
“Shall I compare thee to a summer’s day?”

How and why might you compare a person to a summer’s day?

If someone compared you to a summer’s day, would you be flattered? Why/Why not?

Challenge: How many syllables does the line above have? What does this replicate and what
is it called?
Sonnet 18 by William Shakespeare

Active Reading task

● Highlight the references

to the summer/weather
● Challenge:
Can you spot any literary
devices?
Translation into Modern English
Structure

● The Shakespearean sonnet has three

quatrains followed by a couplet.
● Quatrains are four line stanzas ( Or 4 line
verses)
● A couplet is a 2 line verse
● So altogether a sonnet has 4+4+4+2 lines = 14
Knowledge Checkpoint.
1. Using your copy of the sonnet see if you can split it
into 3 quatrains and a couplet
2. The Shakespearean sonnet has a rhyming pattern
which is abab cdcd efef gg.
Using your copy of the sonnet, annotate the rhyme
scheme.
3. Why does the speaker think a summer’s day is a
bad comparison? (think about seasons)
Poem breakdown (class discussion)
Challenge: What do you think is the theme of the first two
quatrains
 Mini-essay question:

How does Shakespeare use language to express his love for

the subject?
contrasts
Shakespeare primarily uses imagery of ______ change
throughout the poem to proclaim his feelings
about the __________ of his beloved. He describes
positive brief
summer in a way that __________ the kind of
summer we usually picture.
Rough winds do shake the
“_____________________________________________________”
darling buds of May
which indicates the winter that has been and the
winter to come. The perfection of summer has a
_______ span: it endures only for a _________ beauty comparison
moment. Shakespeare works to tear down all
________ thoughts of summer because he wants
readers to see that his beloved has looks that
nature short
will never ________ and that summer pales greatly
in ___________ to his beloved.
 How has the writer of this paragraph used the
P.E.E.L structure in their answer? Annotate in 4
different colours.
Shakespeare primarily uses imagery of nature
throughout the poem to proclaim his feelings
about the beauty of his beloved. He describes
summer in a way that contrasts the kind of
summer we usually picture. “Rough winds do
shake the darling buds of May” which indicates
the winter that has been and the winter to come.
The perfection of summer has a short span: it
endures only for a brief moment. Shakespeare
works to tear down all positive thoughts of
summer because he wants readers to see that
his beloved has looks that will never change and
that summer pales greatly in comparison to his
beloved.
Plenary

What do you think Shakespeare’s definition of love is?