When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself and curse my fate,
wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possessed,
Desiring this man's art, and that man's scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
Haply I think on thee--and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth sings hymns at heaven's gate;
For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings,
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
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2007-07-21 00:00:35 · 7 answers · asked by nightshift 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Poetry
the man is crying and whining over his poor empty pockets. being pitied and spat upon from those who have. while he has not. wishing he were rich like a king. then he hates how he would be if he were rich like those who scorn the poor. He still loves the pleasures of the earth and heaven more than all the riches of a king.
(written quick for you)
2007-07-24 14:23:37 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sonnet 29 Summary
2016-12-17 15:06:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sonnet 29 Analysis
2016-10-05 10:52:58 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Remember, a sonnet is a love poem, so this is actually written to his "love".
He says that although his state in life is looked down upon by both fortune and other men, and he howls about his misfortune to a deafened sky that results in no change in his situation, cursing himself for being poor and wishing he was wealthy or had a better social status, or talent that could raise him up from his low level of being, because what he most enjoys is the farthest from his reach...and when he's deep in self-pity and happens to think about his love, his depression vanishes and his heart flies high "like to the lark at break of day arising" singing "hymns at heaven's gate", because remembering her love is like a source of wealth so precious that he'd gratefully turn down an offer to change places with a king.
The condensed moral/message? True love is more precious than wealth, social status, fortune or fame.
2007-07-24 17:30:35 · answer #4 · answered by Kevin S 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
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interpretation of sonnet 29 by william shakespeare?
When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself and curse my fate,
wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possessed,
Desiring this man's...
2015-08-05 22:50:43 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Apparently, in the poem, he is feeling jealous or not as good as other people with all this wealth and fame and talent, and he doesn't find himself blessed because he lacks all these things. He wishes he had all these friends. But then he looks to this other so-called friend he has and realizes that he is filled with joy, that he would never be a King otherwise he would never be able to live on with this best friend of his. For this best friend, he would risk being dirt-poor and all the rest...
2007-07-21 00:14:40 · answer #6 · answered by Cake Monster 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You really should do your own homework.
Go to wikipedia or sparknotes and look it up yourself. Or actually do your own thinking; it's not that hard to figure out.
2007-07-21 01:20:19 · answer #7 · answered by Cinnibuns 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋