http://www.stateofshakespeare.com/TSS/Extras/Extras.html iWeb 3.0.4 60 no en http://www.stateofshakespeare.com/TSS/Extras/Entries/2011/9/16_Scansion_Lesson__Sonnet_128.html 06457ef4-222c-4811-bd3e-bf90d31ea126 Fri, 16 Sep 2011 01:44:23 -0400 Here is a little preface to Sonnet 128. In it we highlight some of the topics we identified for discussion. Note in line 14/1 that the word “them” appears in the stressed position of the iamb. However, “them” is a pronoun, and would normally be unstressed. Should the first foot in line 14 be a trochee, therefore? In this case, “them” is the thesis to which “me” is antithetical. We have chosen, consequently, to let “them” be operative, and to let the first foot scan as a spondee, with two (unevenly) stressed beats.<br/><br/>Sonnet 128 – Scansion<br/> <br/>                    x      /        x       /        x     /       x       /     x       /<br/>1.          How oft / when thou / my mus / ike mus/ ic playst,<br/><br/>                   x /        x      /       x      /            x       /        x      /<br/>2.          Upon / that bles / sed wood / whose mo / tion sounds<br/><br/>                x     /        /        /        x       /         x     /      x      /<br/>3.          With thy / sweet fin[1] / gers when / thou gen / tly swayst,<br/><br/>                x    /    x    /        x    x         x      /       x     /  <br/>4.          The wi / ry con / cord that[2] / mine ear / confounds,<br/><br/>              x  x      /   x        x       /          x     /      x      /  <br/>5.          Do I [3]/ envie[4] / those jacks / that nim / ble leap,<br/>               <br/><br/>              x      /      x    /       x   /       x    x       x     /<br/>6.          To kiss / the ten / der in / ward of[5] / thy hand,<br/><br/>                    x        /         x      /         x         /         x     /        x       /<br/>7.          Whilst my / poor lips / which should / that har / vest reap,<br/><br/>                    x   x        x         /        x     /       x     /       x     /    <br/>8.          At the[6] / woods bold / ness by / thee blush / ing stand.<br/><br/><br/>                   x    /      x   /      x      /         x          /            x     /<br/>9.          To be / so tick / led they / would change / their state,<br/><br/>                x    /    x /     x     x        x       /        x       /<br/>10.        And si / tua/ tion with[7] / those dan / cing chips,<br/><br/>                    x        /          x     /       x      /          x     /        x    /<br/>11.        O’er whom / thy fin / gers walk /  with gen / tle gate<br/><br/>                /     x          /       /            x     /         x     /      x    /<br/>12.        Making[8] / dead wood[9] / more blest / than liv / ing lips<br/>             <br/> x       /      x      /       x   /     x      /      x   / <br/>13.        Since sau / sy jacks / so ha / ppy are / in this,<br/><br/>                  /       /          x    /       x      /      x    /       x    /<br/>14.        Give them[10] / thy fin / gers, me / thy lips / to kiss.<br/> <br/><br/><br/>[1]  Line 3:  Spondee<br/>[2]  Line 4:  Pyrrhic<br/>[3]  Line 5:  Pyrrhic<br/>[4]  Line 5:  Trochee<br/>[5] Line 6:  Pyrrhic<br/>[6] Line 8:  Pyrrhic<br/>[7] Line 10:  Pyrrhic<br/>[8] Line 12:  Trochee<br/>[9] Line 12:  Spondee<br/>[10] Line 14:  Spondee<br/><br/> no 00:05:22 Here is a little preface to Sonnet 128. In it we highlight some of the topics we identified for discussion. Note in line 14/1 that the word “them” appears in the stressed position of the iamb. However, “them” is a pronoun, a Here is a little preface to Sonnet 128. In it we highlight some of the topics we identified for discussion. Note in line 14/1 that the word “them” appears in the stressed position of the iamb. However, “them” is a pronoun, and would normally be unstressed. Should the first foot in line 14 be a trochee, therefore? In this case, “them” is the thesis to which “me” is antithetical. We have chosen, consequently, to let “them” be operative, and to let the first foot scan as a spondee, with two (unevenly) stressed beats. Sonnet 128 – Scansion                       x      /        x       /        x     /       x       /     x       / 1.          How oft / when thou / my mus / ike mus/ ic playst,                    x /        x      /       x      /            x       /        x      / 2.          Upon / that bles / sed wood / whose mo / tion sounds                 x     /        /        /        x       /         x     /      x      / 3.          With thy / sweet fin[1] / gers when / thou gen / tly swayst,                 x    /    x    /        x    x         x      /       x     /   4.          The wi / ry con / cord that[2] / mine ear / confounds,               x  x      /   x        x       /          x     /      x      /   5.          Do I [3]/ envie[4] / those jacks / that nim / ble leap,                               x      /      x    /       x   /       x    x       x     / 6.          To kiss / the ten / der in / ward of[5] / thy hand,                     x        /         x      /         x         /         x     /        x       / 7.          Whilst my / poor lips / which should / that har / vest reap,                     x   x        x         /        x     /       x     /       x     /     8.          At the[6] / woods bold / ness by / thee blush / ing stand.                    x    /      x   /      x      /         x          /            x     / 9.          To be / so tick / led they / would change / their state,                 x    /    x /     x     x        x       /        x       / 10.        And si / tua/ tion with[7] / those dan / cing chips,                     x        /          x     /       x      /          x     /        x    / 11.        O’er whom / thy fin / gers walk /  with gen / tle gate                 /     x          /       /            x     /         x     /      x    / 12.        Making[8] / dead wood[9] / more blest / than liv / ing lips               x       /      x      /       x   /     x      /      x   /  13.        Since sau / sy jacks / so ha / ppy are / in this,                   /       /          x    /       x      /      x    /       x    / 14.        Give them[10] / thy fin / gers, me / thy lips / to kiss.   [1]  Line 3:  Spondee [2]  Line 4:  Pyrrhic [3]  Line 5:  Pyrrhic [4]  Line 5:  Trochee [5] Line 6:  Pyrrhic [6] Line 8:  Pyrrhic [7] Line 10:  Pyrrhic [8] Line 12:  Trochee [9] Line 12:  Spondee [10] Line 14:  Spondee