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Throughout this week in English Language Arts, we read and annotated multiple Sonnets, most of them by Shakespeare. And after realizing the differences that Sonnets have from regular poems, such as each line in a Sonnet having ten syllables, the rhyme scheme ABABCDCDEFEFGG, and especially, that all Sonnets are about love. So, on Wednesday, we were assigned to write our own Sonnets. However, there is a twist! Our teacher had a basket with tiny papers that had a theme on it, and whatever that theme was, you had to write your Sonnet based on it. Some people got zoo animals, others sea creatures, and mine was hoodies. Most people, particularly teenagers, like us, tend to wear more light weighted jackets or hoodies, and they don't tend to give a lot of warmth to the wearer, so I thought; why not write about an elderly person's perspective on these "new gang jackets" that have been created. And before anyone thinks that I mean anyone who wears these things is considered a gang member, YOU ARE NOT. Remember, this is simply what I think people say or have said about these hoodies. Here is a picture of the finished Sonnet.
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Ms. Gunter
3/31/2015 07:25:56 am
I just read this in my head in my best "old lady voice." Guess what? It sounds like an old lady complaining about young people and their newfangled hoodies. The sonnet works because you created a speaker who wasn't you. So often, young poets think speaker has to be them. That's why I've tried to expose you to poets who created speakers/characters to express ideas. I'm glad you chose to follow those models. Otherwise, I can see how this sonnet could have been rather bland. Good job!
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