Read the excerpt from the time traveler's guide to elizabethan england. in 1587 thomas kyd produces the spanish tragedy, and soon afterward christopher marlowe brings out the first part of tamburlaine the great. . they employ new verse forms, allowing different spoken rhythms, and compose bold speeches with greater resonance and meaning. the new conceptual framework of a revenge tragedy in particular allows them to portray powerful emotions voiced by strong characters. suddenly it is possible to show so much more passion on the stage. what was the most direct cause of the more passionate performances? the play the spanish tragedy the new verse forms and conceptual framework the collaboration of kyd and marlowe the play tamburlaine the great

Follow the directions (and example) given to create your own sonnet. william shakespeare's sonnet 130 my mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun, coral is far more red, than her lips red, if snow be white, why then her breasts are dun: if hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head: i have seen roses damasked, red and white, but no such roses see i in her cheeks, and in some perfumes is there more delight, than in the breath that from my mistress reeks. i love to hear her speak, yet well i know, that music hath a far more pleasing sound: i grant i never saw a goddess go, 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. instructions: write fourteen lines of iambic pentameter. use a sonnet rhyme scheme. use the first eight lines to set up your idea (the octave). use the last six lines to conclude your idea (sestet). (variety may be added by including a substitute foot from time to time such as the two anapests in line 3 above.) work in small groups giving each other feedback. reading the sonnet aloud allows you to hear the words and rhythms of the lines. generate questions that will clarify the use of words and forms. for example: was the idea of the sonnet presented in the first eight lines? how was sound used to enhance the meaning of the sonnet?