Jared Coven
ENC 1101-154357
7/10/15
Mostel
Summary And Analysis (12 words)
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Shakespeare begins his work titled Sonnet 29 with the speaker in a rather depressed state. The speaker begins by stating that he feels down on his luck and feels like he has no friend’s and is therefore unpopular. The speaker also mentions Fortune, referring to Dame Fortune, the goddess of fate and fortune. The current state that the speaker is in is constantly saddening and even heaven refuses to pay any attention to him. He goes as far as to describe his cries to heaven as “bootless” meaning useless. When he chooses to look upon himself, he see’s no happy ending and only further sadness in his future. In the second quatrain of the sonnet the speaker begins to wish for a more hopeful future than the bleak one he currently envisions. He starts to wish for other men’s lives instead of his own. He goes as far as to state “Featured like him like him with friends possessed, Desiring that mans art, and that mans scope.” In the final line of the second quatrain the narrator decides that even the things that he used to enjoy doing the most, he now can no longer enjoy. Once the third quatrain begins, the speaker starts to change moods but not completely at first. The first line states that when he thinks on all these prior thoughts, he …show more content…
The first two quatrains of this sonnet all show examples of how the speaker feels about himself and his situation. It’s not until the third quatrain that the whole mood of the sonnet flips. One important word to point out is in the first line of the third quatrain. The line is “Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,” and the word to remember is almost. The use of this word shows that even though he may feel bad about his current situation, he has not hit rock bottom and therefore there is hope to
ENC 1101-154357
7/10/15
Mostel
Summary And Analysis (12 words)
TITLE
Shakespeare begins his work titled Sonnet 29 with the speaker in a rather depressed state. The speaker begins by stating that he feels down on his luck and feels like he has no friend’s and is therefore unpopular. The speaker also mentions Fortune, referring to Dame Fortune, the goddess of fate and fortune. The current state that the speaker is in is constantly saddening and even heaven refuses to pay any attention to him. He goes as far as to describe his cries to heaven as “bootless” meaning useless. When he chooses to look upon himself, he see’s no happy ending and only further sadness in his future. In the second quatrain of the sonnet the speaker begins to wish for a more hopeful future than the bleak one he currently envisions. He starts to wish for other men’s lives instead of his own. He goes as far as to state “Featured like him like him with friends possessed, Desiring that mans art, and that mans scope.” In the final line of the second quatrain the narrator decides that even the things that he used to enjoy doing the most, he now can no longer enjoy. Once the third quatrain begins, the speaker starts to change moods but not completely at first. The first line states that when he thinks on all these prior thoughts, he …show more content…
The first two quatrains of this sonnet all show examples of how the speaker feels about himself and his situation. It’s not until the third quatrain that the whole mood of the sonnet flips. One important word to point out is in the first line of the third quatrain. The line is “Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,” and the word to remember is almost. The use of this word shows that even though he may feel bad about his current situation, he has not hit rock bottom and therefore there is hope to