- your notes about sonnets
- the poems/lyrics you chose for your poetry project
- some creativity!
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Your job is to turn a stanza (or two) of one of your chosen songs/poems into a sonnet. Below is an example from the winner of a contest given by the Washington Post:
O proud left foot, that ventures quick within
Then soon upon a backward journey lithe.
Anon, once more the gesture, then begin:
Command sinistral pedestal to writhe.
Commence thou then the fervid Hokey-Poke,
A mad gyration, hips in wanton swirl.
To spin! A wilde release from Heavens yoke.
Blessed dervish! Surely canst go, girl.
The Hoke, the poke -- banish now thy doubt
Verily, I say, 'tis what it's all about.
-- by "William Shakespeare" (Jeff Brechlin)
Sound familiar? Here are the original lyrics:
You put your left foot in, you put your left foot out,
You put your left foot in, and you shake it all about!
...and so on. You see? Note that this is not a true sonnet, because it has only 10 lines. However, you get the idea!
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So, here are your instructions in detail:
- Choose one of your poems/songs that you were asked to find for class.
- In your post, please give us the title of the work, the stanza(s) you are using, AND the sonnet you created from those lines.
- Please choose between ITALIAN, SHAKESPEAREAN, or BLANK VERSE style of sonnet, and do your best to follow the style.
- Don't worry about using weird language like in the sample! Use the language of the lyrics/original poem as much as possible.
- http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/writing-a-sonnet.html
- http://slb-ltsu.hull.ac.uk/awe/index.php?title=Three_types_of_sonnet
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REMINDERS:
- Use your pen name when posting.
- Follow all directions for your assignment.
- To achieve an "A" score, complete your assignment, AND comment on a peer's sonnet.
- Please TRY this!!! You are using a pen name, and comments are meant to be helpful, so if you make an error on your sonnet or it's not "perfect," IT'S OKAY!!!!
- Have fun with this!
This assignment is due on Monday, February 4, 2013 at 5:00 PM. At 5:00 PM comments will close.
Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Judy Garland --- A Sonnet by Katnissneverclean
ReplyDeleteSomewhere atop this bow of colors, far from where I stand
Somewhere atop this arc of wonder, atmospheres are azure
And the visions you venture with may actually come alive.
Perhaps I’ll sent a request and lay it upon a sun
And awake in a new land with the vast white masses long gone.
This is where worries slip like sand through fingers,
Too far above the smokestacks to imagine,
That’s where you might be surprised to find me.
Somewhere beyond this bridge of Gods, blue feathers take flight.
For If they flutter over this wonder,
For what reason can’t I?
For if swooning, sweeping, diving, leaping,
“They can!” I cry.
“Why not I?”
I really enjoyed reading your sonnet. The imagery is very vivid. My favorite line is "This is where the worries slip like sand through fingers,". Great job (:
DeleteBY: OG x Astro / Cameron harris
Deletei really enjoyed this sonnet because it shows the authors character and creativity within her lines, and it showed great wordplay and imagery
Oh and that's a Blank Verse Sonnet. PS!!! FEED THE FISH
ReplyDelete"I hear Music" Sissi
ReplyDelete-Shakespearean
-Stanzas I'm using:
"A gracious melody you want to find"
"To sing forever a deep music stream"
-Katnissneverclean your poem is so vibrant and full of life.It was so vivid that I could actually see it.
A gracious melody you want to find
A sliver of light for your life,knowing
Eternally forever in your mind
Leaves you intoxicated and glowing
When skies are gray and no where to run to
A simple tune will lift your spirits up
Your happiness is too long-overdue
Holding in your tears will leave you corrupt
Listening to the many sublime chimes
Perpetual tunes stuck inside your head
Never ceasing and never lost in time
"You can't bring me down.I am strong" he said
To sing forever a deep music stream
He never flickers,but he always gleams
author not stated title, Sports:shakespearean:
ReplyDeleteSports inspire us through ups and downs
to do many things while you compete
a win and a loss will come around
so come ready and light on your feet
play not for yourself but with the team
on as-fault,court, diamond or field
you and your teammates share a common dream
as emotions in game can often be peeled
a championship, the common goal
everyone comes to play at their best
as competitiveness takes its toll
a chip on shoulder and weight off your chest
you and your team are destined to win
now a celebration, mass of grins
If you ever leave me, baby,
ReplyDeleteLeave some morphine at my door
Cause it would take a whole lot of medication
To realize what we used to have,
We don't have it anymore.
There's no religion that could save me
No matter how long my knees are on the floor, oh
So keep in mind all the sacrifices I'm making
To keep you by my side
And keep you from walking out the door.
Cause there'll be no sunlight
if I lose you, baby
author: Ahmad Cox :italian
ReplyDeleteIts good to be helpful
Its nice to give back
Sometimes being a little helpful
Can mean the difference
In someone else's day
Sometimes something as simple
As sharing a little time
A little extra energy
Taking that little extra effort
To be a little more helpful
Can have huge effects
For the people
Who are receiving your kindness
And who you are being helpful to
from live_to_dance:
ReplyDeleteThe Climb by Miley Cyrus
*Blank Verse
*Comment: @katnissneverclean Your sonnet is simply gorgeous. It has such vivid imagery. My favorite line was "This is where worries slip like sand through fingers'" Great job (:
*Stanza:
"There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose"
*Sonnet
There's always gonna be several obstacles
You're just gonna have to overcome them,
if you want to make your dreams come true.
Who cares if there's people looking at you.
There is always gonna be some type of battle
You just need to push through
You're not always gonna win
Sometimes you're gonna have to lose
It's not about the pace you're going
It's about the people who are cheering you on.
BLANK VERSE
ReplyDeleteFuture creation
You give up on what is at hand
yet you care about society
It will judge you until the end
except the future is vague
it can be made as a goal
that the past creates
if you don't give up
and continue trying
I know how it feels
i understand you, but wait a moment
make it fun although it is hard
survive and live again
because if you have anger,
that will be as boring as life without soccer
This was a good poem and I enjoyed it.
DeleteQuotes
ReplyDelete"I understand you, but wait another moment"
"That will be as boring as life without soccer"
"COMO LA VIDA SIN FUTBOL"
May Sarton-For my Mother
ReplyDeleteI summon you now
Not to think of
As she lifts her eyebrow
When she looks from above
The ceaseless battle
With pain and ill health
Held in Seattle
Full of all this filth.
The frailty and the anguish.
The lion-hearted
Telling me as I cook a fish
Her eyes that are so complicated
Thats my creator
Thats my mother.
I summon you now
Not to think of
The ceadless battle
With pain a nd ill health,
The frailty and the anguish.
No, today I remember
The creator,
The lion-hearted.
I like @katnissneverclean's poem, its deep, it felt real, very good descriptions. :D
Shakespear
ReplyDeleteLike as the waves make towards the pebbled shore,
So do our minutes hasten to their end;
Each changing place with that which goes before,
In sequent toil all forwards do contend.
Nativity, once in the main of light,
Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown’d,
Crooked elipses ’gainst his glory fight,
And Time that gave doth now his gift confound.
Time doth transfix the flourish set on youth
And delves the parallels in beauty’s brow,
Feeds on the rarities of nature’s truth,
And nothing stands but for his scythe to mow:
And yet to times in hope my verse shall stand,
Praising thy worth, despite his cruel hand.
Title:Basketball
ReplyDeleteAuthor:K Z
Type:Shakespearean
Basketball is my favorite sport
I love it like no other
Dribbling up and down the court
Elavating my game further
Always play to win
Never play to lose
Give my best when i'm in
Give full effort never cruise
Tie my shoes tight
Ready for the war
Battle hard during the fight
Till you can't give anymore
The sweet feel of victory
Is why you try to compete
BY: OG x Astro / Cameron harris
ReplyDeleteTitle:Time Author:Nate Hawk
'We forget about time, yet it's all we would know
In time, there is everything, and time will show ' stanza its based on
sonnet: Shakespearean sonnet
Time is what the world revolves around
you cant see it or hear time itself but behold
you can see as time goes the concrete cracks in the town
and the young folks of tomorrow turn the be elderly old.
another example of time is school
one minute your in highschool then your off to college
to a hard college bed from the bed you filled with drool
but you are also gaining adding to your teen knowledge
so if i gave you a book of your life would you read it?
and read it to the end and know every event?
or build your unknown legacy with a carpenters' kit?
only you can decide how YOUR time is spent
so time is in your hands
time is everything so now what are your life plans ?
nintendo144gms February 4, 2013 4:51 P.M.
DeleteI like this sonnet, because it talks about time and that we should use it wisely. Also, i like the way he uses the poem and create a Shakespearean sonnet out of it, like the rhyme scheme.
from Monroe98:
ReplyDelete"I am timid and
I am oversensitive
I am a lioness
I am tired and defensive
You take me in your arms
And I fall into you
I have insecurities
You show me I am beautiful"
"I am" Christina Aguilera
Italian Sonnet
I am a timid lioness
Tired and defensive
those harmful blows made me oversensitive
These insecurities are timeless
They make me feel lifeless
Your the thing that makes me less aggressive
I can't believe you take down these fences
I no longer feel defenseless
I fall into you
Because you show me I am beautiful
With you things seem less blue
Things happened and I'm regretful
The time for forgetting these things is long past due
But my future with you keeps me hopeful
I liked the higher language that Katnissneverclean used in her sonnet! It sounded very professional.
Title:Soccer Author:Isaiah Bess
ReplyDelete"Have you ever been on a soccer field?
Well if you haven't it’s the m amazing thing
It’s like being in heaven but on grass
When the grass is just cut and the potato bugs are jumping in the air it gives you energy to have fun
And if you have been on a field then you know how the freshly cut grass
stings your nose and enlightens your heart to give you extra strength to
play soccer harder than you ever have in your life. That is what it’s like being on a soccer field!" These are the stanzas my sonnet is based on.
Shakespearean Sonnet
Has one ever experienced a soccer field?
It is the best thing yet
If drivers pass, they must yield
And if a game starts, they must make a bet
Soccer is a fantasy, just on land
With the grass trimmed and bugs all about
Soccer is even better than a rock band
Not liking it is something I highly doubt
The feel of the grass on your face,
Is just part of the fun.
When you run harder and harder just a like a race,
The fun has just begun.
Soccer will be the best forever.
Me not liking it? HA! Never!
“Travel”, DR. Ram Sharma
ReplyDelete“Don’t stop now in the path”
Don’t stop now in the path
The path has just began
There is so much you can do on this path
The path is yours now
Go run to the path
The path must be taken
The path is only here for a limited time
Don’t stop now in the path
Your all most there
You just have to stay on the right path
The path will bring you home
This path is like no other path
This path takes you any where
Don’t stop now in the path
Nintendo144gms February 4, 2013 4:37 P.M Poem by: Maya Angelou, from Insomniac(sonnet form):
ReplyDeleteThe nights that I have been in
Have played my sleep till light
For I don't remember how it is
To peacefully be asleep at night
Aloof and disdainful my sleep has bring
So my Wiles that I have will surely win
For I kept using changes to me for wing
So I won't end up sleeping in the bin.
But its service proved to be vain
For my wiles has been proved no use
So I hopped on bed and kept being lain
As my sleepiness has proved to be loose
I waited and waited for the pain to be less
when I happened to be weaker than the sleeplessness
"Hands" by Sarah Kay
ReplyDelete"...I don't remember the reason he gave me,/ and I would've been upset but there were far too many stuffed animals to hold,/ too many homework assignments to write, too many boys to wave too/ many years to grow..."
and
"...We used to have a game, my dad and I, about holding hands/ cause we held hands everywhere, and every time either he or I would whisper a great big/ number to the other, pretending that we were keeping track of how many times/ we had held hands that we were sure this one had to be eight million two thousand seven hundred and/ fifty three..."
Blank verse
We used to have a game
We would play all the time
where we would hold hands
and whisper made up numbers
Lying that we knew just how many
Times we had each held hands
'Eight million two thousand
Seven hundred and fifty three'
Then, once, I reached for his hand
And our fingers locked perfectly,
Though he then changed positions
And said that hand hold was for mom.
I would've been upset but there were far too
Many stuffed animals for me to hold.
Sweet Nothing by Calvin Harris
ReplyDelete(blank)
You took my heart and you held it in your mouth
And, with the word all my love came rushing out
And, every whisper, it's the worst,
Emptied out by a single word
There is a hollow in me now
So I put my faith in something unknown
I'm living on such sweet nothing
But I'm tired of hope with nothing to hold
I'm living on such sweet nothing
And it's hard to learn
And it's hard to love
When you're giving me such sweet nothing
Sweet nothing, sweet nothing
You're giving me such sweet nothing
"Boulevard of Broken Dreams"
ReplyDeleteSonnet Type: Blank Verse
I walk this lonely road
Isolated and alone
While nobody knows
Im on the edge
Up and everywhere
I walk alone
I haunt these empty streets
My shadow follows me
Im everywhere and I walk alone
My shadow is the only one beside me
My hearts the only thing beating
Im everywhere and I walk alone
I haunt these empty streets
On the Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Why I am in darkness?
ReplyDeleteWhy must the sky be dark?
Why do I feel this sorrow that makes me wanna bark.
Is this what I have to come to sleeping in my bed thinking about wonders it happens to me and you though.
I want to keep from going under
Are you listening to what I am saying?
This darkness is real
I'm on my knees praying for my own thoughts to conjeal even after I wake up from this horrible dream
I don't yell, I scream
bad birthdays by erica
ReplyDeletestanza 3-4
blank verse poem
today was the day I was born
and the day god gave me brath
and I thought in some way
that was important
like when it was your day
but I was wrong
I guess you were torn
maybe you forgot
maybe you don't realize
maybe you don't care
maybe you wont knotice
maybe you didnt know
maybe you do know
how I would be left here in despair
bad birthdays by erica