Sonnet Assignment

Each student is responsible for reading all of the sonnets below.  
Each student will present one of the sonnets to the class.  
Read the sonnet aloud.
(Be sure to practice, so you not only pronounce all the words correctly,
but also so you make sense of the poem.  Be aware of  sentence structure).
Then, briefly summarize the analysis (which should be included in your journal).

SONNETS

Sir Thomas Wyatt the Elder
     1. "Farewell, Love" -- p. 596                                         David Wilson
     2. "They Flee From Me" -- p. 599                               Liz All

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey 
     3."Love That Doth Reign" -- p. 608                            Frank Wagner
     4. "Alas! so all things..." -- p. 609                                 Keith Cleary

Edmund Spenser, Amoretti
     5. Sonnet 34 -- p. 903                                                      Rachel Taylor
     6. Sonnet 54 -- p. 904                                                      Katie Corbin
     7. Sonnet 67 -- pp. 905                                                    Breanne Taylor
     8. Sonnet 74 -- p. 906                                                      Kody Crawford
     9. Sonnet 79 -- p. 907                                                      Shiva Suttle

Sir Walter Ralegh
    10. "Sir Walter Ralegh to His Son" -- p. 918                   Jessica Haltinner

Sir Philip Sidney, Astrophil and Stella                               
    11. Sonnet 2 -- p. 976                                                          Joe Sullivan
    12. Sonnet 7 -- p. 977                                                         Brittany Henshaw
    13. Sonnet 71 -- p. 986                                                        Sara Steiner
    14. Sonnet 87 --p. 989                                                        Franklin Jefferson
    15. Sonnet 108 -- p. 992                                                      Krista Schuett

Samuel Daniel, Delia
    16. Sonnet 45                                                                       Lars Johnson

Michael Drayton, Idea
     17. Sonnet 61                                                                       Megan Sauceman

William Shakespeare, Sonnets
     18. Sonnet 3 -- pp. 1062                                                       Megan Neal
     19. Sonnet 29 -- p. 1065                                                       Cory Richardson
     20. Sonnet 98 --p. 1071                                                        Corey Phillips
     21. Sonnet 127 -- p. 1073                                                      Nathan Rainha
     22. Sonnet 138 -- p. 1075                                                      Candace Rainville

SONNET ANALYSIS
(to be included in your Journal)

1. Be sure to read the introductions to your poet and to his sonnet collection to understand the background of his writing.

2. Paraphrase the sonnet (put each sentence into your own words).

3. What is the rhyme scheme of the sonnet?

4. What kind of figurative language (appeals to the senses) does the poet include:

5. Point out the metaphors and similes in the sonnet:

6. Are there any historical, Biblical or mythological allusions in the sonnet:

7. Does anything suggest symbolic meaning:

8. What is the purpose of this sonnet: