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1、Sonnets of ShakespearePART ONEIntroduction to Shakespeare.PART TWO SonnetsPART THREEAppreciation of sonnet 18.PART FOURAppreciation of sonnet 23.CONTENTS01Introduction to Shakespeare.PART ONE01Introduction to ShakespeareBrief introductionWilliam Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564; died 23 April 161

2、6) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the worlds pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called Englands national poet and the Bard of Avon. His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two

3、long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.01Introduction to ShakespeareThe Writing StyleShakespeare produced most of his known work between 1589 and 1613. His early pl

4、ays were mainly comedies and histories, genres he raised to the peak of sophistication and artistry by the end of the sixteenth century. He then wrote mainly tragedies until about 1608, including Hamlet, King Lear, and Macbeth, considered some of the finest works in the English language. In his last

5、 phase, he wrote tragicomedies, also known as romances, and collaborated with other playwrights.01Introduction to ShakespeareHistorical evaluationShakespeare was a respected poet and playwright in his own day, but his reputation did not rise to its present heights until the nineteenth century. In th

6、e twentieth century, his work was repeatedly adopted and rediscovered by new movements in scholarship and performance. His plays remain highly popular today and are constantly studied, performed and reinterpreted in diverse cultural and political contexts throughout the world.02Sonnets.PART TWO02Int

7、roductionAn exact form of peotry in 14 lines of iambic pentameter intricately rhymed. 1.Originater in Italy around the1350s;2.Perfected by petrarch(1304-1374);3.Sir Thomas Wyatt introduced Petrarchan sonnet from Italy into English literature.4.Decline and revival. 1.the Italian or Petrachian sonnet;

8、2.the English or Shakespearean sonnet.Origion DevelopmentDefinitionTypesFeatures02Common Sense : Old Poetic UseThou : you as subjectThee: you as objectThy:your followed by a consonantThine: yourfollowed by a vowelArt: areEst,st:second person singularHath: has02Meter and FeetThe meter of a verse can

9、be described as a sequence of feet, each foot being a specific sequence of syllable types. 某种固定的轻重搭配叫“音步”（foot）。一行诗中轻重搭配出现的次数叫音步数（meter）一个重读音节与一或两个轻读音节按一定的模式搭配起来，有规律的反复出现就是英文诗歌的节奏。轻读音节是“抑”，重读音节是“扬”如一轻一重，是抑扬格。抑扬格很符合英文的发音规律，所以在英语诗歌中应用最多的就是抑扬格，百分之八十以上的英文诗歌都用的是抑扬格02ExampleShall I compare thee to a Summe

10、rs day? 最后的音是ay,归类为a.Thou art more lovely and more temperate; 最后的音是te,归类为b.Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, 最后的音是ay,因为之前第一行已经有 一样的音了,所以同样归类为a.And Summers lease hath all too short a date. 最后的音是te,因为之前第二行已经有 一样的音了,所以同样归类为b. 每四行为一段,所以这段的架构为abab.接下来如果又出现不同的音,那就再分为c,d,e,f,g.02The English or

11、Shakespearean sonnetShakespearEnglish sonnet characteristically embodies four divisions of three quatrains(each with a rhyme-scheme of its own) and a final rhymed couplet. The typical rhyme-scheme for the English is abab cdcd efef gg.The couplet at the end is usually a commentary on the foregoing,an

12、 epigrammatic close.02Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnetsthe first 126 Shankespearean sonnets to a handsome young manThe latter Shakes pearean sonnets are addressed to a dark lady of ill repute03Appreciation of sonnet 18.PART THREE03Sonnet 18Shall I compare thee to a summers day?Thou art more lovely and m

13、ore temperate.Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May,And summers lease hath all too short a date. Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,And often is his gold complexion dimmd;And every fair from fair sometime declines,By chance,or natures changing course,untrimmd; But thy eternal summer sh

14、all not fade,Nor lose possession of that fair thou owst.Nor shall Death brag thou wanderst in his shade,When in eternal lines to time thou growst. So long as men can breathe or eyes can see,So long lives this,and this gives life to thee.03Annotation:temperate: mild, neither cold nor hot.date: contin

15、uous period of time.the eye of heaven: the plexion: face. dim: make something darkened.03Appreciation At the beginning of the poem,Shakespeare compared his friends with summer,May flower buds and sun which might be the most beautiful things in the world.He thought that they all have certain limitati

16、ons and cant reach his friends.Compared to the General, friends are more lovely and more temperate;In particular, the summer flower-buds of May be blown by winds, the summer sun is too hot, and often was obscured.In comparison, Shakespeare points out that all things of beauty, as the flow of time, n

17、atural change, eventually avoiding litter. You are better than flowers and record, but your handsome appearance there is still danger of erosion.What to do?Poetry is timeless, only in my poems, in the immortal art, you will live forever.04Appreciation of sonnet 23.PART FOUR04Example 1Sonnet 23Asanun

18、perfectactoronthestage,Whowithhisfearisputbesideshispart,Orsomefiercethingrepletewithtoomuchrage,Whosestrengthsabundanceweakenshisownheart;SoI,forfearoftrust,forgettosayTheperfectceremonyoflovesrite,Andinmineownlovesstrengthseemtodecay,Oerchargdwithburthenofmineownlovesmight.Oletmybooksbethentheeloq

19、uenceAnddumbpresagersofmyspeakingbreast,Whopleadforlove,andlookforrecompense,Morethanthattonguethatmorehasthmoreexpressd.Olearntoreadwhatsilentlovehathwrit.Tohearwitheyesbelongstolovesfinewrit.04FiguresMay not be the most famousBut most movingGreat use of imageryThe simplicity and allegoric of the p

20、oem praise of the silent love. At first it use simile ”As an unperfect actor on the stage“to describe the nervous mood. Then another simile”some fierce thing replete with too much rage” The imagery is very vivid and appropriate.The poets sentiment changed from passive to positive like the ocean wave. Its all due to “thee”. Love is the power of his life. He use his poet lead us to a fairyland. He dipped vessel of his heart into that silent hour, it has filled with love.The language, too, is comparatively unadorned for the sonnets; it is not heavy with al