The Sonnet Through the Ages


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Izzy N

14-16, 16-18, Adult
English Literature

10 Hours

10 LESSONS

THE SONNET THROUGH THE AGES

Academic Development

Course Overview

Course Content


10 LESSONS

10 Hours Total Length

The Introduction of the Sonnet into English

The Renaissance: Sir Philip Sidney

The Renaissance: William Shakespeare

The Renaissance: Edmund Spenser

The Seventeenth Century: Milton and the Metaphysical Poets

The Romantics: Wordsworth, Shelley and Keats

The Victorian Era: Elizabeth Barrett Browning

The Early Twentieth Century: W. B. Yeats and Wilfred Owen

The Modern Sonnet: Un-Rhymed and Un-Metrical

A Return to Form: Don Paterson and Wendy Cope

KEY SKILLS

Close Reading

Identifying Poetic Devices

Literary Motifs

Educator


Izzy N
English Educator