

Love isn’t really love if it changes when it sees the beloved change or if it disappears when the beloved leaves.

If I’m wrong about this and can be proven wrong, I never wrote, and no man ever loved. Love does not alter with the passage of brief hours and weeks, but lasts until Doomsday. Shakespearean sonnet: follows the traditional a-b-a-b c-d-c-d e-f-e-f g-g rhyme scheme Written in iambic pentameter Regulated rhythm and structure suggests constancy and stability Hint: look out for where the rhythm does not conform to these rulesĪnd like a star, its value is beyond measure, though its height can be measured. Tick your correct annotations- Add any that you don’t yet have! Sonnet 116 Key AO2 The poem is predominantly about the constancy of true love – it is fixed and eternal, and won’t change even when the object of love changes. Task One In your groups, put the modern translation in the correct order ‘Sonnet 116’ by William ShakespeareĢ Hint: look out for where the rhythm does not conform to these rules LO: Example Question: Examine the view that Shakespeare presents the speaker in this poem, Sonnet 116, as having an idealised view of love. Prepare ‘The Flea’ use the ppt slides to guide you.

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