Age of Renanssance
Elizabethan Era (golden age of Lit.)
Romeo & Juliet
Born - 1564
Died- 1616
Sonnet 29
Write a brief paragraph on what you think is the meaning of the poem.
Think about two questions that you would like to discuss about this poem and write it in your journal/notebook.
Sonnet 29 ( "When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes")
This sonnet talks about how the speaker feels an outcast from the rest of the men. he decribes of how he weeps alones and feels very lonely. He wants more hope like the others. He is not happy with his own fate. He was the least from all of the men.
Questions:
1- What would " sweet love" imply to in line 14.
Partners answer: I think it imply's to someone he loves or the happiness brought by wealth.
2- In line 6 who is the author implying to as him?
Partners answer: He might be implying to the rich person he is talking about.
Cooperative Learning:
Thematic Question:
What is the overall theme of this sonnet?
Wishing for a better fate.
Cite supporting lines from the sonnet
4- And look upon myself, and curse my fate,
5- Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Is this a Love Poem or Self Pity Poem? Cite supporting lines from the sonnet
I think that its a self pity poem. (Line 5- A better man with better features. )
Compare & Contrast:
How is this sonnet different from Sonnet 18?
Sonnet 18 has the autor talking about someone else and their features, however sonnet 29 the autor is describing himself and how he feels.
Analytical Question:
What changes the speaker’s mood? What do you think are the speaker’s strongest feelings in this sonnet?
The speaker thinks about someone else and his condition improves.
(Haply I think on thee, and then my state,)
What literary techniques/devices are evident in Sonnet 29?
Setting, metaphor, imagery.
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