Sonnets: An Introduction

This lesson provides an introduction to the sonnet form.

The lesson explains the key features of the sonnet form, its stereotypes and conventions, and outlines the differences between Petrarchan and Shakespearean sonnets. Questions and discussion points are included throughout, and students are shown an example of a sonnet by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, which they are then invited to discuss.

At the end of the lesson is a research task which could be set either in class or as a homework activity.

This is an ideal introduction for any KS3 unit on poetry or specifically the sonnet form.

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