There's an irony there, if you're familiar with Shakespeare's sonnets. The pages of my Signet Classic are 'maiden' - see paragraph 2 - and yellowing with time. (Sorry, can't remain focused and don't really care. Was actually sad to leave when I finished my degree and had to start teaching. I'd saved it from some throw out pile when I was a sales assistant at John Clements Records in the city. The plastic has a red RCA records logo on it. In 1975 I covered it in some recycled plastic. My copy of Shakespeare's sonnets is a Signet Classic. I'm better now, you may be glad to hear, given I've been teaching English for over 30 years. But more or less left to my own devices in Form 6, through a special combination of my own ignorance, immaturity and an uninspiring first year out teacher, Othello was pretty much lost on me. At fifteen, I also liked the idea that I was studying Shakespeare. I enjoyed Macbeth in Form 5, taught by a great teacher. In my youth I wasn't a big fan of Shakespeare. Shakespeare telepathically communicated with me from somewhere circa 1590. Teaching poetic devices enhances poetic enjoyment, improves critical thinking ability, and makes you sound really smart.Experienced a little frisson this morning as I was preparing for my year 8 poetry lessons. This post is part of the series: Teaching Poetic Devices
If that sound is repeated later on in the poem, that line receives the same letter (you’ll probably want to give some examples).
To identify rhyme scheme, assign a letter of the alphabet to each rhymed sound at the end of a line.