Poetry Analysis: Sonnets

1. Poetry Analysis: Sonnets Choose one or more to explain: Petrarchan, Spenserian, and/or Shakespearean sonnets. Name, describe, and analyze 2-3 poetical characteristics or elements used in the sonnet(s). Analyzing means describing how or why the writer wrote the way they wrote. You may write about one type of sonnet, or compare and contrast the characteristics of two or more types of sonnets. Include multiple examples/cited lines from the poems to support your response. Find resources about these sonnets in the first four lessons of the unit. No outside/online resources should be necessary. If you need more information then use EBSCO, Grolier, or Discovery Education to gather information.