1. Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 29
William Shakespeare
Sonnet 29
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2. Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 29
What Is The Poet Saying?
First Two Quatrains
Function as self-reflection
“When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes I all alone beweep my outcast state” (1-2)
Considers himself to be isolated
Bad luck
Lonely
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3. Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 29
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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4. Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 29
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 man’s art and that man’s scope” (4-7)
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5. Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 29
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 poet’s loneliness
demonstrates the poet’s desire for companionship
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6. Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 29
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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7. Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 29
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 Heaven’s gate.” (9-12)
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8. Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 29
Third Quatrain
As the poet begins to hate himself, he thinks about his friend
His mood and perspective immediately changes
Imagery
Lark
Daybreak
Hymns
Heaven’s gate
All positive, uplifting images
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9. Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 29
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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10. Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 29
Poetic Devices
Shakespearean Sonnet
Rhyme Scheme
abab cdcd efef gg
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11. Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 29
Poetic Devices
Shakespearean Sonnet
Meter
˘ ΄ ˘ ΄ ˘ ΄ ˘ ΄ ˘ ΄
When in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes
Iambic Pentameter
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12. Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 29
Poetic Devices
Imagery
First two quatrains
Negative imagery
Centers around loneliness
Third quatrain
Positive imagery
Lark
Singing
Hymns
Heaven
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13. Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 29
Poetic Devices
Simile
“Wishing me like to one more rich in hope” (5)
Comparing himself to someone with better fortune
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14. Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 29
Poetic Devices
Alliteration
“Yet in these thoughts…” (9)
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15. Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 29
Poetic Devices
Tone
First two quatrains
Loneliness
Third quatrain
Happiness
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