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William Shakespeare (1564-1616), poet and playwright, is said to be the world�s favorite author. No other writer�s plays have been produced and read so widely in so many different countries. Shakespeare seems to understand why people behave the way they do. Young and old, women and men, good and evil, beggars and king: All live in his plays. In addition to his plays and two narrative poems, Shakespeare wrote a sequence of 154 sonnets. A sonnet is a poem that follows a specific rhyming pattern that often takes on deeper recognition when read aloud.
You are to read about William Shakespeare and his sonnet; then you will create your Sonnet. Click on Create your Own Sonnet and print a copy of the form and hand in your Sonnet at school.
Sonnet 36
1. Let me confess that we two must be twain, A
2. Although our undivided loves are one; B
3. So shall these blots that do with me remain, A
4. Without thy help, by me be borne alone. B
5. In our two loves there is but one respect, C
6. Though in our lives a separable spite, D
7. Which though it alter not love�s sole effect, C
8. Yet doth it steal sweet hours from love�s delight. D 9. I may not evermore acknowledge thee, E
10. Lest my bewailed guilt should do thee shame; F
11. Nor thou with public kindness honour me, E
12. Unless thou take that honour from thy name: F
13. But do not so; I love thee in such sort, G
14. As, thou being mine, mine is thy good report. G
-William Shakespeare
(ABAB CDCD EFEF GG)
Mark the stresses and unstressed syllables (- / ).
Theme is of Love that cannot be acknowledged
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