Wednesday

• English Renaissance Poetry
• Discussion/notes on HW:
• "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" - Marlowe p. 499
• "Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd" - Raleigh  p. 488

• Notes on Shakespearean sonnet form & example explication- Sonnet 130

• Assignment: In pairs, use the notes from today (Shakespearean sonnet form & example explication) to prepare an explication of a Shakespearean sonnet. You will give your explication to the class on Fri. 3/22/19 and your classmates will take notes. If you will be absent on that day, you will need to make and submit a video we can play in your absence. The explication needs to include:
• analysis of the speaker and situation
• definitions of unfamiliar words/references
• structure/development
• figurative language 
• patterns (rhyme, meter, repetition)
• main point