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Poetry & Shakespeare's Sonnets

Poetry & Shakespeare's Sonnets

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 There are mysteries all around us. Like was there a real King Arthur? What happened to the colonists on Roanoke Island in 1590? Who was Jack the Ripper? Who killed JFK? Is Big Foot real? While these and many other mysteries perplex us, in the literary world, the mystery of who inspired Shakespeare’s Sonnets, who is supposed to be the sonneteer, and who are the young man and dark lady in which the poems address, baffles critics and lovers of poetry to this day. But despite the musings and gallons of ink spilled in writing about these mysteries, Shakespeare’s Sonnets are a fascinating poetic creation to be admired and enjoyed simply for its beauty of language and artistic feat. Poetry is like performing magic with words. But instead of turning you invisible or levitating a chair, your heart feels pain and joy, solitude and curiosity, anger and wonder. Raise your hand if you like poetry? Raise your hand if you studied poetry in school? Raise your hand if you keep volumes of poetry in your bookshelves. I wonder if not many of you raised your hands. Is it because you were never exposed to it? Or was it because your only experience with it was to dissect it and try to figure out what the poet was meaning, only to end in frustration and confusion? Today we are going to explore the beauty of words, the world of poetry, and the magic of Shakespeare. I hope that you will come to see that poetry speaks to us, challenges us, and changes us in various and surprising ways. Poetry is a staple in a Charlotte Mason education. Charlotte Mason said that “Poetry is a criticism of life; so it is, both a criticism and an inspiration; and most of us carry in our minds tags of verse which shape our conduct more than we know” (Vol. 4, Book 2, p. 10). She recommended that children should practice reading aloud, “for the most part, in the books he is using for his term’s work. These should include a good deal of poetry, to accustom him to the delicate rendering of shades of meaning, and especially to make him aware that words are beautiful in themselves, that they are a source of pleasure, and are worthy of our honour; and that a beautiful word deserves to be beautifully said, with a certain roundness of tone and precision of utterance.” (Vol. 1, p. 227) Today I have with me a returning guest, Dr. Kathryn Smith, who was my co-director and professor at the MAT program at Templeton Honors College. You may recall her intriguing explanation of the genres of literature back on Episode 12, where we discussed the Lyric, Tragedy, Comedy and Epic forms of literature. Now you won’t find Dr. Smith on the east coast anymore but all the way across the country in Colorado, teaching Humane Letters classes. So I am excited to have her back and to talk about one of her passions and expertise, Poetry and Shakespeare’s Sonnets – those 14-line marvels that are not only works of art but windows into love, beauty, time, and humanity. Favorite Resources: A Child’s Introduction to Poetry by Michael Driscoll R is for Rhyme: A Poetry Alphabet by Judy Young A Treasury of Poems for Almost Every Possibility edited by Allie Esiri and Rachel Kelly Favorite Poems For the Garden: A Gardener's Collection by Bushel and Peck Books Favorite Poems of the Sea: A Coastal Collection by Bushel and Peck Books Favorite Poems of the Wild: An Adventure Collection by Bushel and Peck Books Favorite Poems for Bedtime: A Child's Collection by Bushel and Peck Books Favorite Poems for Christmas: A Child's Collection by Bushel and Peck Books Poetry Patterns published by Evan-Moor Corp. The Art of Shakespeare’s Sonnets by Helen Vendler “On Teaching Poetry” by Mary A. Woods - https://www.amblesideonline.org/PR/PR02p111TeachingPoetry.shtml“The Teaching of Poetry to Children by Mrs. J. G. Simpson - https://www.amblesideonline.org/PR/PR12p879TeachingPoetry.shtmlsee "Favorite Resources" from Episode 12 for more poetry books COMMONPLACE QUOTES “Poetry is a criticism of life; so it is, both a criticism and an inspiration; and most of us carry in our minds tags of verse which shape our conduct more than we know” - Charlotte Mason, Volume 4: Ourselves, Book 2, p. 10 “These should include a good deal of poetry, to accustom him to the delicate rendering of shades of meaning, and especially to make him aware that words are beautiful in themselves, that they are a source of pleasure, and are worthy of our honour; and that a beautiful word deserves to be beautifully said, with a certain roundness of tone and precision of utterance.” - Charlotte Mason, Volume 1: Home Education, p. 227 Poetry is “the musical expression, by means of words, of thought charged with emotion . . . . the elements of poetry are thought, emotion, music; and I lay stress upon the music, because I believe it to be not only an element essential to poetry, but an element too apt to be overlooked. Poetry appeals primarily to the ear, and its ...
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