P = Connotation

Yellow = Shift

Sonnet'18'by'William'Shakespeare'
Shall%I%compare%thee%to%a%summers%day?%%
Thou%art%more%lovely%and%more%temperate.%%
Rough%winds%do%shake%the%darling%buds%of%May,%%
And%summers%lease%hath%all%too%short%a%date.%%
Sometime%too%hot%the%eye%of%heaven%shines,%%
And%often%is%his%gold%complexion%dimmed;%%
And%every%fair%from%fair%sometime%declines,%%
By%chance,%or%natures%changing%course,%untrimmed;%%
But%thy%eternal%summer%shall%not%fade,%%
Nor%lose%possession%of%that%fair%thou%owst,%%
Nor%shall%death%brag%thou%wandrest%in%his%shade,%%
When%in%eternal%lines%to%Time%thou%growst.%%
So%long%as%men%can%breathe,%or%eyes%can%see,%%
So%long%lives%this,%and%this%gives%life%to%thee.%

TPCASTT'
T:'Title'
Predict%what%the%poem%
will%be%about%by%
analyzing%the%title%

Shakespeare'
% Sonnet is a type of poem.

P:'Paraphrase'
Read%the%poem.%Put%it%
into%your%own%words.%
Who%is%the%speaker?%
%

% narrator [shakespeare] wrote this

The
poem to show his love for someone.

Moss'
%

18 could possibly mean his

18th sonnet?

C:'Connotation'
%In this poem, Shakespeare
Look%beyond%the%literal% charismaticly says that all beauty
fades, except for whoever he wished
language.%Identify%the%
to keep alive with his love poem. She
figurative%language%and% was so beautiful that nothing; not
even misfortune or natural time
its%meaning%

% narrator [Howard Moss] wrote this

The
for the purpose of mocking the popular
poem's cheesy cliche way of showing
love. (Which is still adorable.)

In this poem, Howard Moss clarifies and

jokingly parodies Shakespeare's work. She
was nicer and better than one of those, "dog
days," which refers to a humid summer day.
Normal people just drop dead and break
their necks, but she could never die.

passing by.

A:'Attitude'
%The attitude of this poem is eternal love. In
What%is%the%tone%of%this% this poem it mentions multiple times that
the narrator [Shakespeare] loved the
poem?%Does%the%
person his poem was meant for as long as
humans existed on earth, and as long as
authors%attitude%
the poem existed.
reflect%the%speakers%
attitude?%
S:'Shift'
%
Every
shift occurs during every rhyme and
couplet. The eect has a skipping rhythm
Where%do%shifts%or%
with every switch of the lines between the
couplets, and the rhyme adds to that
transitions%occur?%
rhymic aect.
What%is%the%effect?%

%
%

'

The attitude of this poem is mockery and

humor. In this poem it makes the original
poem that was created by Shakespeare
easier to understand, more blunt and
straightforward.

T:'Title'
Revisit%the%title%and%
determine%any%further%
meaning.%

%I think that Shakespeare didn't give this

T:'Theme'
What%is%the%overall%
message?%

I% believe that the theme is beauty will

never fade in the eyes of someone
who loves you.

% theme of this poem is mockery/

The
humor.

Sonnet a title for future readers and for

his lover to not think of a title and to
emit their own emotions while reading
the poem.

Sonnet'18'Parody'By'Howard'Moss'
Who%says%youre%like%one%of%the%dog%days?%
Youre%nicer.%And%better.%
Even%in%May,%the%weather%can%be%gray,%
And%a%summer%subMlet%doesnt%last%forever.%
Sometimes%the%suns%too%hot;%
Sometimes%it%is%not.%
Who%can%stay%young%forever?%
People%break%their%necks%or%just%drop%dead!%
But%you?%Never!%
If%theres%just%one%condensed%reader%left%
Who%can%figure%out%the%abridged%alphabet,%
After%youre%dead%and%gone,%
In%this%poem%youll%live%on.%
%
%

'

Sonnet'130'by'William'Shakespeare'
My%mistress'%eyes%are%nothing%like%the%sun;%
Coral%is%far%more%red%than%her%lips'%red;%
Her skin is
not pale, it
is more tan.

Her lips aren't as red as coral.

If%snow%be%white,%why%then%her%breasts%are%dun;%
If%hairs%be%wires,%black%wires%grow%on%her%head.%

I%have%seen%roses%damask'd,%red%and%white,%

Dun: of a dull
grayish-brown
color.
She has black
hair.

She has no blush in

her cheeks. Her
cheeks are not pink.

But%no%such%roses%see%I%in%her%cheeks;%%
And%in%some%perfumes%is%there%more%delight%

Her breath smells

more than the strong
scent of perfume.

Than%in%the%breath%that%from%my%mistress%reeks.%
I%love%to%hear%her%speak,%yet%well%I%know%
Hath: has

Music sounds better than

when she speaks, even
though he loves her voice.

That%music%hath%a%far%more%pleasing%sound;%

His girlfriend's eyes

aren't bright like the
sun is.

I%grant%I%never%saw%a%goddess%go;%

He's never seen a goddess walk, but

she walks like a normal human.
She slowly walks; like a
zombie.

My%mistress,%when%she%walks,%treads%on%the%ground:%
%%%And%yet,%by%heaven,%I%think%my%love%as%rare%
%%%As%any%she%belied%with%false%compare.%%
%
%

In contrast the world's/god's/Heaven's

standards, he thinks his love as a more rare
and beautiful thing; something to be
cherished. The girl he was talking about in
this poem contradicted the comparisons in
the poem.

He rarely falls in love?

Belied: (of an appearance)

fail to give a true notion or
impression of (something);
disguise or contradict.

TPCASTT'
T:'Title'
Predict%what%the%poem%
will%be%about%by%
analyzing%the%title%

Sonnet'130'
% poem is in a sonnet format.
This
Possibly a poem that is, "mean," towards his
mistress, or his girlfriend.

P:'Paraphrase'
Read%the%poem.%Put%it%
into%your%own%words.%
Who%is%the%speaker?%
%

%Shakespeare uses many comparisons to describe his mistress to the reader.

C:'Connotation'
Look%beyond%the%literal%
language.%Identify%the%
figurative%language%and%
its%meaning%

% In this poem, Shakespeare says although he's never seen a goddess walk, but when his

In the beginning it seems like he does not seem interested in her, but the last
line sells it perfectly. He does not care if she is not as perfect as a goddess,
he loves her.

mistress walks, she walks humanly on the ground. He thinks she is just as extraordinary
as any woman that can be described with contradictory similes and metaphors. She is
not as beautiful as things found in nature, such as the sun and coral, but he still loves
her. In contrast the world's/god's/Heaven's standards, he thinks his love as a more rare
and beautiful thing; something to be cherished. The girl he was talking about in this
poem contradicted the comparisons in the poem.

A:'Attitude'
% tone of this poem is appreciative for the beauty in what normal people
The
What%is%the%tone%of%this% would usually push aside. (Good work, Shakespeare)
poem?%Does%the%authors%
attitude%reflect%the%
speakers%attitude?%
S:'Shift'
Where%do%shifts%or%
transitions%occur?%What%
is%the%effect?%

The big shift occurs when Shakespeare says his girlfriend contradicts all of
the comparisons in his poem about her.

T:'Title'
Revisit%the%title%and%
determine%any%further%
meaning.%

%I don't think Shakespeare gave titles to any of his sonnets so his readers

T:'Theme'
What%is%the%overall%
message?%

%I believe that the theme is to see the beauty in everything, even what normal

could interpret his work without him making a title.

Now looking at the title, I think this is a more romantic poem.

people call ugly.