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ENGLISH 9
WEEK 6 (2ND QUARTER)
I. TITLE
FEELINGS AND IDEAS IN SONNETS AND MONOLOGUES
II. OBJECTIVES
At the end of this lesson, students should be able to:
 Analyze sonnets and monologues as means of valuing other people and their various
circumstances in life;
 Explain how the elements of sonnets and monologues contribute to the theme of a particular
literary selection;
 Express appreciation for sensory images; and,
 Compose any form of dramatic poetry.

III. LESSON CONTENT

How do sonnets and monologues reveal the past and present poets' feelings and ideas?
Did you know that Shakespeare wrote 154 sonnets? His sonnets exemplify not only the depth of his
thoughts but his skills for compressed writing.
The Dramatic Poetry: The Dramatic Monologue
The dramatic monologue is an example of dramatic poetry, which has the following three features:
1. A single person, not the poet, recites the speech that makes up the whole of the poem, in a specific situation
at a critical moment.
2. This person addresses and interacts with one or more other people. We know more about them by paying
attention to the clues in the discourse of the Single speaker.
3. The poet reveals the speakers temperament and character through his skillful and artistic use of the
language.
The monologue has evolved since its start in ancient Greece, but it still survives today, especially in opera
librettos.

William Shakespeare, a very well-known poet, wrote 154 sonnets. His sonnet 18 also known for its first
line "Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?" has been the all-time favorite in literature classes. (Read
“Sonnet XVIl” found on page 239)
A dramatic monologue is a long piece of poetry that reveals to the reader the character's innermost
thoughts and feelings. English Romantic poets such as Percy B. Shelley and Robert Browning popularized the
dramatic monologue as a form or literary device.
Robert Browning, whose most famous monologue is My Last Duchess, is considered by many as having
perfected the dramatic monologue form. His finest and most famous works include Fra Lippo Lippi, Caliban
upon Setebos, Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister, and Porphyrias Lover, as well as the other poems in Men and
Women. Find out why "Last Duchess" is the most famous of his monologues. (Read “My Last Duchess”
found on pages 239-240)
Dramatic Monologue Poems
Dramatic poetry, also known as dramatic verse or verse drama, is a written work that has the following
features:
narrates a story writer relates to an audience through emotions or behavior
uses a set rhyming or meter pattern (usually follows verse form or rhymes) different from prose
typically ends up feeling very rhythmic
applies the speech and actions to depict a scene or plot
comes from the point of view of the character, providing the audience an idea of his personality,
morals, history, and dreams
calls for action through facial expressions, gestures, or interactions with other people or things in the
room
a form of narrative which is closely related to acting-usually performed physicaly and can be either
spoken or sung
 A monologue is not the same as teling a story because the focus lies on how tna person may emotionally
or physically react to what is going on-that is, it is more tnal Just an explanation of fact.
Forms of Dramatic Poetry
The forms of dramatic poetry include soliloquy, dramatic monologue, character sketch and dialogue.
Soliloquy
 a character does not interact with anyone else but speaks mainly to himself
 the character quickly shows his or her ideas and intentions
 provides insights into the character's mind
 William Shakespeare's tragic play, Hamlet, features the best example In the play, Hamlet questions
whether it is better to live or die.

Dramatic Monologue
 it tells something about the speaking character
 can be compared to soliloquy
 the main difference is that, here, the actor is talking to someone else in the play not just himself; this
second person doesn't say anything, but his or her present often makes the speech a little bit more
believable
 usually revealed during critical moments in the plot

Character Sketch
 A writer's main goal is to make the audience feel something for the character, rather than to move the
plot along
 the feeling can be sympathy, hatred, or anything in between, but the result is
 usually that a person watching the play becomes emotionally connected to what is going on, creating
a more memorable theater experience
 the individual delivering the lines serves the main role of observer

IV. ASSESSMENT
Reading Skills (Answer the following after reading the given selections)
The Sonnet
1. What are things that the speaker in the sonnet talks about?
2. What does the speaker compare?
3. What feelings or emotions may be gleaned from the sonnet?
4. Which of the two things that the speaker compared seems to be better? Why?
5. What does the final quatrain reaffirm?

The Dramatic Monologue

1. Who is the speaker in the monologue?
2. Who is mainly the subject of his talk?
3. What does the speaker say about the subject of his monologue?
4. What kind of person is the speaker as gleaned from the words in the monologue?
5. What kind of relationship did the speaker and the subject of his talk have?

V. ASSIGNMENT
From the given forms of dramatic poetry, choose at least one and compose your own. Write it on a separate
sheet of paper.

VI. REFERENCES:
Gonzales, C. T., & Yu, P. R. (2017). Essential English Worktext in Literature and Language. Manila,
Philippinees: REX Book Store . (pages 238-248)

Prepared by:
JOCHELLE C. FERNANDEZ
MARIEDEN T. RIMANDO
(Subject Teachers)