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Introduction to Iambic Pentameter in Sonnets

Learn about the rhythmic structure of sonnets through iambic pentameter, the natural metrical rhythm that mimics everyday speech. Explore famous sonnets and analyze rhyme schemes, quatrains, sestets, and volta.

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Introduction to Iambic Pentameter in Sonnets

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  1. Writing Sonnets

  2. Iambic Pentameter • Unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. • Da DUM- example of an iambic foot • Da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM da DUM • Is the most natural metrical rhythm because it mimics the way we already talk.

  3. To swell the gourd and plump the hazel shells. • To be or not to be, that is the question. • And did those feet in ancient timeWalk upon England's mountains green?

  4. Homework • Same as last night for Sonnets 116, 130, Death be Not Proud (p. 348), Spenserian Sonnets p. 532-4. • Type of sonnet • Rhyme scheme • Identify quatrain, octave and/or sestet. • Identify volta.

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