Pop Sonnet Assignment

Pop Sonnet Assignment Here are the lyrics to Bruno Mars, “Just the Way You are” Oh, her eyes, her eyes make the stars look like they're not shining Her hair, her hair falls perfectly without her trying She's so beautiful And I tell her everyday Yeah, I know, I know when I compliment her, she won't believe me And it's so, it's so sad to think that she doesn't see what I see But every time she ask me do I look okay? I say When I see your face There's not a thing that I would change 'Cause you're amazing Just the way you are And when you smile The whole world stops and stares for a while 'Cause girl, you're amazing Just the way you are Now here is the sonnet version which an explanation for the word choice. My mistress' eyes are nothing like the stars; they've brighter shine than all those overhead. Her hair's cascade her visage never mars but effortlessly frames her face instead. And yet, if I should tell her what I see – that she hath been by Aphrodite bless'd – she'd quietly demur and disagree and I shall with these words sincere protest: “When I observe thy countenance's grace, I see no fault – no flaw one might repair; and when a smile blossoms 'cross thy face, the world takes heed and stops to fondly stare. — No words could e'er sufficiently impart all thy perfection, just the way thou art.” Line 1 is nearly identical to the opening line of Sonnet 130 (“My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun”). Sonnet 130 continues on by describing the narrator's love in a less-than-flattering light. In contrast, this sonnet uses the line as the set-up to extreme flattery. Line 3 ends with the word “mars,” a verb meaning “to impair the appearance of,” but is also used as a reference to the original artist, Bruno Mars. Line 5 includes a reference to Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and beauty. Shakespeare often used references to classical mythology in his work. Lines 3 and 8 feature some syntactic oddities. Line 3 places the direct object before the verb that modifies it; line 8 also places the verb at the end of the sentence. In both cases, this was done to fit the rhyme scheme and adhere to the iambic rhythm. Line 11 features the word “'cross,” an abbreviation of “across;” similarly, line 13 features the word “e'er,” an abbreviation of “ever.” Shakespeare often elided words to fit the meter or focus attention in a passage. Line 14 quotes the title lyric “just the way you are,” with “are” changed to the antiquated “art” for comedic effect. You are going to make a sonnet! Well actually, you are creating an “modified” sonnet. It will need to have the right number of lines and the correct rhyme scheme for a Shakespearean Sonnet. The line length will need to be consistent, but I will not require you to mark the unstressed and stressed syllables in each line. Task: 1. Choose song lyrics that you like. No course language please! You will need to include the lyrics with the 2. assignment so cut and paste onto a word document. See below for links to lyric sites you may choose to use. https://www.lyrics.com/ or https://www.lyricfinder.org/ or https://findmusicbylyrics.com/ Now you need to start to rewrite the lines to fit the rhyme scheme and Sonnet length. Remember the words are YOUR OWN! See the example above if you are confused…don’t plagiarize!!! I have included a few links to rhyming sites if you want to use it to help you. https://www.rhymes.net/ or https://www.rhymezone.com/ 3. Last but not least, you DO NOT have to write your sonnet in Shakespearean language. You may write your sonnet in modern English but need to meet the criteria above.