Sonnet 29 through 106
Shay Dayley
Sonnet 29-106
1. Sonnet 9 begins with the speaker describing moments of great sadness and then there is a change in mood in the sonnet; it becomes more upbeat. This is caused by him remembering a love he once felt for someone; he thinks fondly of the person who is inspired the sonnet.
2. in this poem, the speaker is holding a pity party for himself and is jealous of other people. In Sonnet 29, the Speaker in this sonnet fails to produce a solution possibly because his overwhelming lack of self-worth prevents him from ever being able to state an actual argument, and instead uses his conclusion to contrast the negative feelings stated in the previous octave.
3. Often, the beginning of the third quatrain marks the volta, or the line in which the mood of the poem shifts, and the poet expresses a revelation or epiphany in sonnet 29. The normal rhyme scheme is changed by repeating the b of quatrain one is quatrain three where the f should be. This leaves the sonnet distinct between both Shakespearean and Spenserian styles. The speaker’s mood changes in the third quatrain when he begins to think about a person who loves him. The majority of the sonnet focuses on the speaker’s problems: he wishes he were more wealthy, that he had more friends, that he were more artistic, or had the opportunities that another man might have. The first eight lines completely focus on this “why me?” bemoaning of the speaker’s situation in life.
4. The ancient poetry prefigures the beauty of the woman the sonnet is describing. In Sonnet 106 by William Shakespeare, their failure is such that they are simply not able to completely praise whosoever is the muse. In Sonnet 106 the failures are a testament to her beauty because the author cannot find words to express how beautiful she is. Her beauty is beyond measure.
5. The Emotional state of the speaker in Sonnet 29 is one of depression: in the first line, he assumes himself to be “in disgrace with fortune,” meaning he has been
Sonnet 29-106
1. Sonnet 9 begins with the speaker describing moments of great sadness and then there is a change in mood in the sonnet; it becomes more upbeat. This is caused by him remembering a love he once felt for someone; he thinks fondly of the person who is inspired the sonnet.
2. in this poem, the speaker is holding a pity party for himself and is jealous of other people. In Sonnet 29, the Speaker in this sonnet fails to produce a solution possibly because his overwhelming lack of self-worth prevents him from ever being able to state an actual argument, and instead uses his conclusion to contrast the negative feelings stated in the previous octave.
3. Often, the beginning of the third quatrain marks the volta, or the line in which the mood of the poem shifts, and the poet expresses a revelation or epiphany in sonnet 29. The normal rhyme scheme is changed by repeating the b of quatrain one is quatrain three where the f should be. This leaves the sonnet distinct between both Shakespearean and Spenserian styles. The speaker’s mood changes in the third quatrain when he begins to think about a person who loves him. The majority of the sonnet focuses on the speaker’s problems: he wishes he were more wealthy, that he had more friends, that he were more artistic, or had the opportunities that another man might have. The first eight lines completely focus on this “why me?” bemoaning of the speaker’s situation in life.
4. The ancient poetry prefigures the beauty of the woman the sonnet is describing. In Sonnet 106 by William Shakespeare, their failure is such that they are simply not able to completely praise whosoever is the muse. In Sonnet 106 the failures are a testament to her beauty because the author cannot find words to express how beautiful she is. Her beauty is beyond measure.
5. The Emotional state of the speaker in Sonnet 29 is one of depression: in the first line, he assumes himself to be “in disgrace with fortune,” meaning he has been