Sonnet to Lucentio

Hello, and welcome to my blog. This is my first action project for my Humanities course called Drama. In this class, we broke off into parts and read William Shakespeare's play, "The Taming of the Shrew". We studied and compared the gender roles of the Elizabethan Era our present time now. Due to Covid-19, we weren't able to physically attend any performances but we virtually attended a play titled "School Girls Or The Africa Mean Girls Play" which was presented by the Goodman Theater. For this Action Project, I chose a character from a play by Shakespeare, and wrote a sonnet in Shakespearean style. Requirements of a sonnet are (14 lines, iambic pentameter, 10 syllables per line and alternating rhymes), while keeping my message clear. In my sonnet, I gave advice to the character I chose, Lucentio. I wrote it to him because he was a main character that had fallen in love with a woman at first sight. I wanted to write a sonnet to tell him how he should treat his love. I liked creating my video and writing my first sonnet. I was challenged by finding words that rhyme and that also made sense accordingly. I enjoyed reading "The Taming of the Shrew". Enjoy!





Ode to Lucentio 
Lucentio do not entreat the old  Or make Bianca chummy to your lust The castle stands as your humble abode. Respect love yet still you grow amourous. 

The thought of thee some stillness do beget. Passion turns the “thyself” and “mistress” to “they,” Your lives are join’d in lovers’ sweet duet. Love, like a tracking beam, doth hold its sway,
Love blossoms when ‘tis planted in the heart, Love doth not worry, love doth not betray, Love needs a learner’s fire with Master’s art. For all those who hate, know your love will slay

You must love the other til death do you part  “ And may you prove, sir, master of your art!”