Sonnet 29, Shakespeare
Posted on: November 1, 2009, at 04:57:00pm

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 possess'd,
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 remember'd such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.


How else am I able to describe my feelings? Every single word in this sonnet was thought out carefully by Shakespeare most likely... Perhaps consciously or unconsciously, but it's a universal way of thinking. Maybe it does not pertain to everyone, but it definitely does to me.

1. 1: xxxim_a_noobxxx
   Posted at 5:01pm on November 1st, 2009

   thats down
2. 2: NiLKA_N0ii
   Posted at 6:17pm on November 23rd, 2009

   i had to perform/memorize this sonnet.
   amazing idea behind it.
   definitely thought out nicely.