SONNET XXIX

SONNET XXIX
1 When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, A
2 I all alone beweep my outcast state, B
3 And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries, A
4 And look upon myself, and curse my fate, B
5 Wishing me like to one more rich in hope, C
6 Featur'd like him, like him with friends possess'd, D
7 Desiring this man's art and that man's scope, C
8 With what I most enjoy contented least; D
9 Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising, E
10 Haply I think on thee, and then my state, B
11 Like to the lark at break of day arising E
12 From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate; B
13 For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings F
14 That then I scorn to change my state with kings. F
Introduction
 1. What kind of text is it ?
This is a classic Shakespearean
sonnet.
It is part of the Love Sonnets of
William Shakespeare which they
are a set of 154 poems dedicated
mainly to love, but also to
philosophy and politics.
2. Who is the author ?

The author is William Shakespeare

(15641616), an English poet,
playwright, and actor, widely
regarded as the greatest writer in the
English language.
He is often called England's national
poet, and the "Bard of Avon".
 3. Who is speaking in the poem ?
(The speaker)
In the poem the speaker is a
man.
He could also be Shakespeare
because he uses the first person
on several occasions.
4. What is the text about ?

The poem is about a man who questions

his place in the world because he feels
marginalized. He envies others who have
more than him.
But then, he thinks of his beloved and
he begins to value what he has, in a way
that he will not change his life for that of
a king.
 5. What is the formal structure and
the rhyme scheme of the poem ?
The poem is composed of three
quatrains and a couplet.
So, it has 14 lines of iambic
pentameter ending in a rhythmical
couplet.
The rhyme scheme used in the poem
is: ABAB-CDCD-EBEB-FF.
Analysis of the poem
 First quatrain

The speaker is in a state of depression because he has had bad luck and he feels
marginalized my outcast state.

We found a metaphor as it is the way that men judge harshly the speaker.

We see a personification of God deaf heaven where the speaker thinks that God
does not care about his problems and we see that he curses his situation again.
 Second quatrain

The speaker envies the others because they have something that he does not has.
Here, we see a jealous speaker.

He wants to be richer, more handsome and more popular. He also envies the
artistic talent of man.

The quatrain ends with a paradox, because what makes him happy it's the same
thing that makes him unhappy.
 Third quatrain

The speaker remembers a person who makes him happy.

We see a simile where the speaker compares his mood with a lark.

In this way, we can understand that the day is much happier than the night and
day break is compared to the dawning of a thought of the beloved.
 The couplet

The speaker tells us that the memory of his beloved makes him better off
than kings.

Therefore, we see that in this second part there has been a change in the
mood of the speaker.

This change is also known as a typical Volta of Shakespeare's sonnets.

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