Objectives
Students will be able to: identify the features of the sonnet structure and
analyze the theme of William Shakespeare’s “Shall I Compare Thee to a
Summer’s Day?”
CA Standard
LRA 3.7 Recognize and understand the significance of various literary devices, including
figurative language, imagery, allegory, and symbolism, and explain their appeal.
Key Questions
1.  What is rhyme and meter? What was the purpose in poetry?
2.  How does John Masefield use rhyme and meter to complement the imagery of his poem “Sea
Fever”?
Tasks
1.  I Give Notes by using sonnet frame map.
2.  WE Analyze “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day” by completing Flow
Map.
3.  YOU Explicate “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day” by using Sentence
Frames and Whip Around.
Why do poet’s use sound devices to convey
their message? What are they?
Poets use sound devices to help the readers the imagery in their poem,
create a mood and tone, and emphasize their theme.
Rhyme:
Alliteration:
The repetition of the
accented vowel
sound and all
subsequent sounds in
a word.
END RHYME: occurs
at the end of a line.
INTERNAL RHYME:
within a line.
The repetition of consonant
sounds n words that appear
close together. Usually it
appears at the beginning
of words..
Use of words that
sounds like what they
mean. (Snap,
Crackle, Pop)
Example: She sells sea
shells by the seashore.
Example: The
moan of doves in
immemorial elms
and murmuring
of innumerable
bees.
Example: time/
dime, history/
mystery,
Onomatopoeia:
What sound devices does John Masefield use to
convey his message in the poem “Sea Fever”
In this hypnotic poem, the speaker hears “the call of the turning tide”
luring him back to the sea. By using vivid imagery Masefield
conveys the speaker’s longing for the adventurous life he left
behind.
As you read the poem, listen for the sound of rolling waves.
I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,
And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by;
And the wheel’s kick and the wind’s song and the white sail’s shaking,
And a gray mist on the sea’s face and gray dawn breaking.
Underline the end rhymes of the stanza.
What is the rhyme scheme?
Underline the end rhymes of the stanza.
What is the rhyme scheme?
I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide
Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied;
And all I ask is a windy day with the white clouds flying,
And the flung spray and the blown spume, and the sea gulls crying.
Use context clues to find the meaning of the word vagrant.
What consonant sound is repeated in this stanza? What is this
repetition called?
What do you think is the “quiet sleep” and “sweet dream” the
speaker yearns for?
I must go down to the seas again, to the vagrant gypsy life,
To the gull’s way and the whale’s way where the wind’s like a whetted knife.
And all I ask is a merry yarn from a laughing fellow-rover.
And a quiet sleep and a sweet dream when the long trick’s over.
What sound devices does John Masefield use to
convey his message in the poem “Sea Fever”