William Shakespeare 15641616

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William Shakespeare1564-1616

• Sonnet 29

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What Is The Poet Saying?

• First Two Quatrains
• Function as self-reflection
• When in disgrace with fortune and mens
  eyes I all alone beweep my outcast
  state (1-2)
• Considers himself to be isolated
• Bad luck
• Lonely

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What Is The Poet Saying?

• And trouble deaf Heaven with my bootless cries
  (3)
• bootless cries
• Futile prayers
• deaf Heaven
• Heaven does not hear or respond to his prayers

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What Is The Poet Saying?

• 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 mans art
  and that mans scope (4-7)

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What Is The Poet Saying?

• Curses his bad luck (that he is who he is)
• Wishes to be someone else
• with friends possessed
• demonstrates the poets loneliness
• demonstrates the poets desire for companionship

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What Is The Poet Saying?

• With what I most enjoy contented least (8)
• What he most enjoys is most absent in his life

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Third Quatrain

• Volta
• Change in perspective
• 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
  Heavens gate. (9-12)

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Third Quatrain

• As the poet begins to hate himself, he thinks
  about his friend
• His mood and perspective immediately changes
• Imagery
• Lark
• Daybreak
• Hymns
• Heavens gate
• All positive, uplifting images

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Couplet

• For thy sweet love remembered such wealth
  brings That then I scorn to change my state
  with kings. (13-14)
• Once he thinks of his friend, he considers
  himself to be extremely wealthy
• In fact, once he begins to think of his friend,
  he would not trade places with a king

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Poetic Devices

• Shakespearean Sonnet
• Rhyme Scheme
• abab cdcd efef gg

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Poetic Devices

• Shakespearean Sonnet
• Meter
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• When in disgrace with fortune and mens eyes
• Iambic Pentameter

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Poetic Devices

• Imagery
• First two quatrains
• Negative imagery
• Centers around loneliness
• Third quatrain
• Positive imagery
• Lark
• Singing
• Hymns
• Heaven

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Poetic Devices

• Simile
• Wishing me like to one more rich in hope
  (5)
• Comparing himself to someone with better fortune

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Poetic Devices

• Alliteration
• Yet in these thoughts (9)

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Poetic Devices

• Tone
• First two quatrains
• Loneliness
• Third quatrain
• Happiness