This year, we have worked closely with two Shakespearean sonnets (Edna St. Vincent Millay's Sonnet 29 and Boey Kim Cheng's "Report to Wordsworth") and written one of our own (about a classmate). Today, we will work on writing Shakespearean sonnets on a particular topic.
Challenge: Write a Shakespearean sonnet that summarizes the story of Death of a Salesman.
That's right! Understand this challenge any way you like, but it should result in a poem of fourteen lines of ten syllables each with the following rhyme scheme. (You know this already, but a reminder never hurts!)
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Try to finish this in a single period. Come on. I dare you!
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Sonnet Of A Salesman
ReplyDeleteAre you firing me? I can't accept!
I’ve been here for over 35 years now.
I will go to Boston and do my best.
Take that back fast don’t you dare make me frown.
Everyone knows me! I am the best around ,
Oh Ben where did I go wrong? Please tell me,
But they always drag me down to the ground.
If only he went to math’s camp you see.
He gave her my dear mother’s stockings
So I chose to stay home and observe
And tried to protect her from falling,
She never got what she did deserve.
AND when he died did you know no one came,
What he tried to achieve never became.
by Evita Otigbah
Death of a Salesman Sonnet
ReplyDeleteI have always worked for my family
So far away from Rome
Now the time has come, sadly
It’s now time to turn back to my home.
As I arrived I realized I was tired
Tired to travel once again
I went to speak to my boss who had fired me back then
He told me to get a long good rest but did not complain
When I came home that day I did not know where to turn.
My wife had helped me through my hard times
However she knows I am too stubborn,
And had realized this was one of our crimes.
Now my life is back to normal thanks to my family support.
I will never ever leave them even for short.
By Christina Lomakina
Death of a Salesman Sonnet
ReplyDeleteWilly was a very troubled person,
His job was not going well for him then,
He tried to kill himself but it only worsened,
He was not like the other good salesmen.
He had problems with his two sons he loved,
They did not love him like in the old times,
He loved them but he became quite unloved,
He lost money; all he had was some dimes.
He went to talk try talk things out with his boss,
But instead he got fired from his job,
This was an extremely big and sad loss,
His lonely heart was beginning to throb.
For him, the only way out was to die,
Few were there to bid his body goodbye.
Death of a Salesman Sonnet
ReplyDeleteBiff and Happy over for a visit
Willy back from a trip, tired and sad
Through the whole house, arguing about it
The fact that their life had been rather bad
A business idea that they had thought
Selling sports goods, they needed a loan
He went to Howard and told him what he sought
He got fired, how could he have know
Planting seeds while hallucinating, he
Talked to his long lost brother and his son
Insurance money is what he’d be
So he killed himself, but not with a gun
His family at his funeral but
It was sad as his life was now ‘shut’
Death of a Salesman Sonnet
ReplyDeleteFrom the age of eighteen to nineteen years old,
Young Willy was already on the road.
Why if selling was his future foretold,
The amount of stress might be no load.
Willy tires of the travel at hand,
Alone with the thoughts of suicide.
He tries to make Howard understand,
But his boss refuses to abide.
Willy’s family couldn’t help at all,
They could only watch as his mind left him.
All was left was for old Willy to fall,
And then he’d create a story to skim.
The Death of a Salesman is not one for all,
Only for the family which would soon bawl.
--Tatiana T.
Death of a Salesman Sonnet
ReplyDeleteWilly Loman travelled home one cold night
Biff and Happy were up in the loft and,
Linda saw him in a terrible sight,
And Linda told Willy to take a stand.
Willy went to Howard the next day,
Only to anger him and get fired,
Biff and Happy took Willy all the way,
To a restaurant that was a blurred
Flashback of cheating and arguing, he
Bought packets of seeds to plant them at home,
When he got home an argument was to be,
As Biff told Willy what he had become.
Willy agreed but left with no goodbye,
At his funeral Linda said ‘Goodbye’
The death of a salesman was a very sad story
ReplyDeleteWilly was loved by everyone in his old confused imagination
The man decided to commit suicide when everything got unsatisfactory
His two sons were distant and needed some good toleration
His wife was a good housewife and a devoted mother
Some countries would pay 100 llamas for the dear wife
Willy was fired by the young Howard and no other
When Willy was young and cheated he ruined biffs life
For this act the first son had never forgiven him
It was a sweet young blond that had stolen Willy
In the end the wife and happy were quite dim
As to acknowledge that Willy was dirty and very silly
The poor old man was deep in a horrible dread
Very few cared that deer old Willy was indeed dead
The sonnet
ReplyDeleteDeath of a Salesman is about a salesman,
Willy his job was selling merchandise,
He wants to work in town like an old man.
His boss said no so he has to pay a price.
Howard fired him and Willy was angry,
When he went home he thought of suicide.
With plenty of flashbacks he went crazy.
But all his thoughts about that, he hide.
No one could understand his sons argued,
Biff had a reason that he kept secret,
His older son knew that it went over-due.
When Willy died he knew what he could get.
Linda was scared what would Willy do?
But when he died she had more than one clue.
Anne-Mieke
Death of a Salesman Sonnet
ReplyDeleteWilly Loman travelled home one cold night
Biff and Happy were up in the loft and,
Linda saw him in a terrible sight,
And Linda told Willy to take a stand.
Willy went to Howard the next day,
Only to anger him and get fired,
Biff and Happy took Willy all the way,
To a restaurant that was a blurred
Flashback of cheating and arguing, he
Bought packets of seeds to plant them at home,
When he got home an argument was to be,
As Biff told Willy what he had become.
Willy agreed but left with no goodbye,
At his funeral Linda said ‘Goodbye’
The death of a salesman was a very sad story
ReplyDeleteWilly was loved by everyone in his old confused imagination
The man decided to commit suicide when everything got unsatisfactory
His two sons were distant and needed some good toleration
His wife was a good housewife and a devoted mother
Some countries would pay 100 llamas for the dear wife
Willy was fired by the young Howard and no other
When Willy was young and cheated he ruined biffs life
For this act the first son had never forgiven him
It was a sweet young blond that had stolen Willy
In the end the wife and happy were quite dim
As to acknowledge that Willy was dirty and very silly
The poor old man was deep in a horrible dread
Very few cared that deer old Willy was indeed dead
The death of a salesman was a very sad story
ReplyDeleteWilly was loved by everyone in his old confused imagination
The man decided to commit suicide when everything got unsatisfactory
His two sons were distant and needed some good toleration
His wife was a good housewife and a devoted mother
Some countries would pay 100 llamas for the dear wife
Willy was fired by the young Howard and no other
When Willy was young and cheated he ruined biffs life
For this act the first son had never forgiven him
It was a sweet young blond that had stolen Willy
In the end the wife and happy were quite dim
As to acknowledge that Willy was dirty and very silly
The poor old man was deep in a horrible dread
Very few cared that deer old Willy was indeed dead
by mike
Death of a salesman is about a salesman,
ReplyDeleteWilly his job was selling merchandise,
He wants to work in town, like an old man.
his boss said no so he has to pay a price.
Howard fired him and Willy was angry,
When he went home he thought of Suicide,
with plenty of flashbacks he went crazy,
but all his thoughts about that to hide.
'No one could understand' his sons argued.
Biff had a reason that he kept secret,
his older son knew that it went over due.
when willy died he knew what he got.
Linda was scared, what would Willy do?
But when he died she had more than one clue.
Death of Salesman Sonnet:
ReplyDeleteThe story starts with Willy at the wheel,
When it is presumed that he has a crash.
He drives back home in his automobile,
That is when Willy’s mind begins to flash.
He thinks of his sons, a long time ago,
Biff a football star at his school back then.
Ben, Willy’s old brother enters although;
It is shown that he is dreaming again.
Willy is talking to his boss Howard
Howard then proceeds to fire Willy.
Willy is now feeling under-powered
He exits the office. The air, chilly.
He purposely crashes his car that night,
That’s when the story ends, without delight.
"DEATH OF A SALESMAN" SONNET
ReplyDeleteSad old willy is very depressed.
He never knew why he was so ignored.
Thank god his family were all blessed.
But willy did not want to be bored.
His two sons loved him but they grew apart.
Biff found out how Willy was cheating with
another woman; Biff had to depart.
They grew so angry, with extreme width
On top of that, Willy was fired.
He wanted to stop travelling and stay
Because he was growing old and tired,
but Howard instead ruined his whole day.
He ended up becoming a crazed-man,
which led him to the death of a sales-man.
Willy Loweman a failing salesman
ReplyDeleteReturned to his home in Brooklyn one night
Where he began his retirement plan
And where his family began to fight
He thought he was the best around
When actually this was not the case
Only the past is where he was very proud
Where as know his mind was always in space
He went to his boss to travel to Boston
Howard did not want this and said no
Willy knew his time working was now done
And all Howard told him to do was go
He ran into his car and BOOM a crash !
And Willy was forgotten in a flash.
Death of a salesman.
ReplyDeleteOnce upon a time lived salesman in one town
In old-old house with Linda loyal wife
He had two sons Biff which let him down
And Happy which lived on full his life
Salesman name was Willy, Willy Loman.
This man was fired from the work at last
And Willy came to Ben who was dead man
His brother always came to him in past
Willy got upset because of that
His life was worth a lot of money
Willy Loman wanted to be dead
His family to get all money
At the end when everything was fine
Poor, old Willy Loman cross his life line.
Polina
Death of a Saleman sonnet
ReplyDeleteby yours truely :D :D
Moi .. the magnificent siri .. the awesome arends no. 4 !
There was a man called William Loman
He had two sons named Happy and Biff.
Willy was a salesman not a showman
and had to drive around until he was stiff.
One day Willy was fired and went Beserk
That same day his elder son stole a pen
His younger boss Howard was a jerk
Willy had an older brother named Ben.
Biff was a football star who flunked math
Who fought with Willy and faced his glare
In younger years Willy strayed off his path
And cheated on Linda and had an affair
The end of the play brings Willy's demise
He crashes his car and poor Linda cries
*applause* Thank you ! Thank you very much :D
Death of a Salesman Sonnet- Valentina Spiteri
ReplyDeleteHome returned a tired Willy Lohman
He went back o his wife Linda and two sons.
He desired the settled, relaxed home life
He told his boss, while trying to stick to his guns.
The meeting made things worse and willy was sacked
He started to flash back to the good old times.
William started to grow lazier and whacky
Craziness started to grow like grape vines.
Dinner with the Happy and Biff ended unwell
Had a flashback and found himself at home.
Biff broke down and tears were well spent all round
They went to bed, and willy began to roam.
In the creepy shadow's, willy resorted to dwell
Now dead willy's family said their farewells.
A Sonnet for the Lowmans
ReplyDeleteWilly Lowman started to lose the plot
His ability to sell was slipping
All his years at the firm, Howard forgot
And he sacked Willy, sending him tripping.
Biff and Happy are making a big deal
But Biff doesn’t make it, and steals a pen
They take their father out to a nice meal
But after arguing, they leave at ten
He has a Life Insurance Policy
That is worth around 20,000 bucks
He wants to die to release the money
So he crashes his car which really sucks
At his funeral, his wife barely cried
And few people showed, to see he had died
Death of a Salesman - Sonnet
ReplyDeleteOnce upon a time, there has been a salesman,
He workd far away from home and earned little money,
He was old and his name was Willy Loman,
His life was hard, and not at all funny.
He had two great sons, named Biff and Happy,
And a carin' wife, Linda was her name,
She worried bout her husband, that was crappy,
And she thinks that Biff was the one to blame.
Then Willy got fired and thought, that
The only way to get money for family,
'nd show how lov'd he was, he had to be dead,
And so he did it - oh, how could he?
At his funeral, only a few people came,
This shows a lot about the old man's fame.
The Death of a Salesman
ReplyDeleteThis is a story of Willy Lowman,
Willy has a very supporting wife.
Willy’s a very good working salesman
His wife is Linda and her two sons, Biff
And Happy, moved to her house with Willy,
Willy got fired from his boss Howard,
And this made Willy just a bit silly.
But Biff was mad and a little coward,
Willy had quarrelled with Biff many times
and biff hid the little story from him,
Biff found out that he had an affairs sometimes
And nearly threw all his life in the bin,
Until One day Willy Lowman was grim
And he crashed his care and it all went dim!
Death of a Salesman
ReplyDeleteShakesperean Sonnet
Once upon a time lived a salesman
He had two children as well as one wife
His name was Willy, his surname: Loman
He was an old man who travelled for life
He was little mental, maybe too much
Could see some flashbacks, and was very stressed
Depression has hit him, and gave a touch
A touch to his life, which then had progressed
Spoke to his boss to get a promorion
Instead he was fired and so was sad
Decided to die with great intension
This factr only proven that he was mad
He didn’t die the death of a salesman
That is because he was an old, mad man
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ReplyDeleteThe story starts when Willy crashed his car
ReplyDeleteHe’d driven a lot as he was a salesman
The chances of his death were never far
His death seemed to be part of his plan
Willy had a family with his wife
Him and Linda had sons Happy and Biff
Linda looked after Willy and his life
She wanted him to not jump off a cliff
He had been angry at Biff, very mad
Ever since Biff was a teen and flunked math
He wished to be an athlete after grad
But Linda nor Happy could end the wrath
In the end Willy decided to die
He left them all without saying goodbye
Toby Cook
ReplyDeletethis story was wrote by arthur millen.
it was written in nineteen fourty nine.
there was a salesman called willy lowman.
he lived in new york with his family.
his wife linda worried about willy.
willy has been at work for 35 years.
he asked ben "where did i go wrong in life?"
willy got fired for being too old.
willys sons dont love willy very much.
willy dosent want to throw himself on
his sons and be a cripple since he is
very false self-proud, willy hates his life.
so he thinks he can get money for his
family, so he goes and kills himself.
Death of a Salesman Sonnet
ReplyDeleteWilly had been a very troubled man.
With much anger and pain inside his heart.
He made the effort to make a life plan,
but then cheated on his only sweetheart.
His only two sons would not show him love;
His wife could not bear to see his pain.
Eventually, Willy became unloved;
He thought the pain would go with some champagne.
Unable to achieve what he desired
He became a depressed old man.
Willy had simply admired
Dying the death of a salesman.
In his car, he took his last and final breath,
Ol’ Willy had died a tragic death.
By Kalean 9A