Agenda:
For Mataji ­ 279
1. Sonnet 55
2. Making it Modern ­ group activity
JOURNAL PROMPT:
Compare Ozymandias to Sonnet 55 ­ notice how these two poems connected by the message that they portray. (text)
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What are some of the worst pick up lines?
IN COMPARISON...
How does Shakespeare talk of his beloved in this poem?
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In this sonnet, Shakespeare asserts the power of words to immortalize his beloved, comparing the endurance of poetry to the decay over time of seemingly solid "gilded monuments" (recall Ozymadias' attempt?)
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NOTING THE POWER OF ART
* This 'powerful rime' is a reference to the poem itself
* The speaker is suggesting that art, as opposed to "gilded"
statuary has the power to keep the soul alive through others'
apprehension of it
FORM AND STYLE
* EXPLAINING IRONY
• the lines asserting fire cannot destroy the poem, "the living
record of [her] memory", are ironic
• fire, of course, can indeed literally destroy a written record
• the lines are meant to be understood metaphorically
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ANALYZING THE SHIFT IN TENSE:
• the last line - may have changed to present tense to show that
the poem is complete and its POWER is functioning in the
PRESENT
• also highlights the ETERNAL PRESENCE of immortality
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Making Connections
What other works can we compare this poem to?
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RE­WRITING SONNET 55
Groups ­ each group will rewrite the line in modern, less formal language. We will put it all together to create the ' new and improved epic' sonnet 55 Period 2:
Best Pick­up Line 55 #dateme
1. Not bling, nor cash
2. Of celebrities will last longer than this popular #tweet
3. Through these words you'll shine blindingly bright.
4. Even when your face is wrinkled by time
5. When zombie apocalypse may destroy many statues
6. Conflict destroys Bob the Builder
7. No drama, or the effects of gossip will destroy
8. Your immortal, everlasting legacy.
9. Facing death and mindless destruction, ideas are forgotten.
10. As you keep going forward, you are going to keep being praised.
11. Even in our kiddies' eyes
12. That live through all tragedy
13. So until you die
14. The memory of my love for you will carry on.
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Period 3B: Sonnet 55 Re­write
1. Not jewellery or posters
2. Of celebrites suck compared to this poem
3. The poem will enhance your good personality
4. When clocks start tap dancing on your grave
5. When rough housing knocks over the living room lamp
6. The big bad wolf will blow those bricks down #OHNO
7. War don't phase you baby.
8. You'll live on forever in our home videos
9. Facing death, blinded by hatred and destruction #blinddeath
10. Just keep walkin, they'll always be talkin 'bout you
11. Even in the lenses of all robots #ROBO.
12. It's the end of the world as we know it #YOLO
13. And when judgment day arrives
14. You live in this and get lost in your true love's eyes
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