With whom or what is the speaker of Shakespeare's sonnet 29 disfavor?
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SONNET 29 PARAPHRASE \nWhen, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes, When I've run out of luck and people look down on me, \nI all alone beweep my outcast state All alone I lament my fate as an outcast* \nAnd trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries And pray to heaven but my cries go unheard \nAnd look upon myself and curse my fate, And look at myself, cursing my fate, \nWishing me like to one more rich in hope, Wishing I were like one* who had more hope in life \nFeatured like him, like him with friends possess'd, Wishing I looked like him; wishing I were surrounded by friends, \nDesiring this man's art and that man's scope, I desire this man's art and that man's range*, \nWith what I most enjoy contented least; I am least contented with what I used to enjoy most. \nYet in these thoughts myself almost despising, But in this mood almost despising myself, \nHaply I think on thee, and then my state, I think of you and then my state of sadness \nLike to the lark at break of day arising Like the lark at the break of day, rises \nFrom sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate; From the gloomy earth and I sing hyms to heaven; \nFor thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings For thinking of your love brings such happiness to mind \nThat then I scorn to change my state with kings. That then I would not change my state with kings. \nANALYSIS\n\n\n[Line 2]* - The poet's 'outcast state' is possibly a reference to his lack of work as a player due to the closing of the theatres in 1592. It also could be a reference to the attack on Shakespeare at the hands of Robert Greene (see below). \n\n[Line 5]* - Sometimes editors report that, in lines 5 and 6, the poet is referring to his friend, likely the Earl of Southampton. However, if lines 13 and 14 are addressed to the friend, then the previous reference to the friend in lines 5 and 6 seems out of place and illogical. It makes more sense to assume that lines 5 and 6 are not addressed to one person in particular, in keeping with the later references to "this man's art" and "that man's scope". \n\n[Line 7]* - "range" = "range of opportunity". \n\nSonnet 29 shows us the poet at his most insecure and troubled. He feels himself unlucky, disgraced, and jealous of those around him. What is causing the poet's anguish one can only guess, but an examination of the circumstances surrounding his life at the time he wrote sonnet 29 could help us to understand his depression. In 1592, the London theatres closed due to a severe outbreak of the plague. Although it is possible that Shakespeare toured the outlying areas of London with acting companies like Pembroke's Men or Lord Strange's Men, it seems more likely that he left the theatre entirely during this time, possibly to work on his non-dramatic poetry. The closing of the playhouses made it hard for Shakespeare and other actors of the day to earn a living. With plague and poverty threatening his life, it is only natural that he felt "in disgrace with fortune". Moreover, in 1592 there came a scathing attack on Shakespeare by dramatist Robert Greene, who wrote in a deathbed diary: "There is an upstart crow, beautified with our feathers, that with his Tygers heart wrapt in a Players hide supposes he is as well able to bombast out a blank verse as the best of you; and, being an absolute Johannes Factotum, is in his own conceit the only Shake-scene in a country." Shakespeare was deeply disturbed by this assault, feeling disgraced in "men's eyes" as well as fortune's.\n\nThe poet is so forlorn that even the passion for his profession as an actor seems to have died (8). But the sonnet ends with a positive affirmation that all is not lost -- that the poet's dear friend can compensate for the grief he feels. See the analysis of Sonnet 30 for more information.
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Betrayal\n  \n If a man says half himself in the light, adroit\nWay a tune shakes into equilibrium,\nOr approximates to a note that never comes:\n\nSays half himself in the way two pencil-lines\nFlow to each other and softly separate,\nIn the resolute way plane lifts and leaps from plane:\n\nWho knows what intimacies our eyes may shout,\nWhat evident secrets daily foreheads flaunt,\nWhat panes of glass conceal our beating hearts?\n\n\nA.S.J. Tessimond\n\nhere's a site for classic betrayal poetry by classic poets:\nhttp://www.eliteskills.com/classics.php
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I would imagine it would have to be Shakespear. Even though I love other poets such as Edgar Allan Poe, Shakespears writtings have become more popular and widely distributed. I have no hard facts, but, I would imagine this to be true since so many allusions to his work come in so many movies and songs. Entire movies are made of his writtings. I could, however, be wrong since it is only my own mere speculation.
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Could you let me know what your question is? I know Shakespeare fairly well.
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Shakespeare had a tremendous effect as he made up lots of words that were never used before.  Also in England his is the 2nd most quoted after the Bible so his phrases became parts of every day speech.  Try going to a Quotations site and find out how many quotes are there which you recognise.
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The closest I could find is:\n\n#49847. Sextus, Propertius. The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996\n\n"Love never offers to anyone wings so easy that he does not hold him back with his other hand. "\n\nHope this helps!
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Shakespear's Sonnet 18.
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voltaire\n\n"I may not agree with what you say but I'll fight to the death to defend your right to say it"
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http://www.shakespeare-online.com/sonnets/130detail.html\n\nor this one....\n\nhttp://www.shakespeares-sonnets.com/130comm.htm
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It was probably Christopher Marlowe..just kidding. I have no idea. It is fun to speculate. I'm sure he probably borrowed from other playwrights as was customary in the Elizabethan era. I leave these matters for the Oxford scholars.
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Notable is Iambic Pentameter- each line has 10 syllables, with emphasis on every other one.  Also, his dialogue is witty, full of double meaning and puns, and rapid fire:\nHere's the opening of Romeo and Juliet:\n  Sam.  Gregory, o’ my word, we’ll not carry coals. \n  Gre.  No. for then we should be colliers.   4\n  Sam.  I mean, an we be in choler, we’ll draw. \n  Gre.  Ay, while you live, draw your neck out o’ the collar. \n \nLots of wordplay.\n\nAlso, obviously, he wrote in Elizabethan english.
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plain old google. type the name or part of the poem or author, wtvr info you have and it'll turn up
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looks at it.\n\n\nBut I'm finding that there are confilcts over who said it originally.  I have found both Emerson and Thoreau as being quoted.
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I don't know but the following is a great web site to listen to famous speaches.  This is the best site I know of on the subject.  \n\nhttp://www.americanrhetoric.com/speechbank.htm
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ahhhh   KING LEAR!!!  it's hard to explain actually because this isn't a soliloquy.  it's what he says to kent and the "fool" after leaving the company of his two daughters (regan and goneral) during an arguement they had.  he's telling the other two to go into this "shelter" if you can call it that, to sheild themselves from the storm (the tempest, "tempest" in shakespears day meant storm).  of course it was violent storm that night.  the night the king lost his "glory" and in a manner of speaking the gods unleashed their fury!  it was so bad that it distracted his mind.  the storm represents what he felt in his heart.  the part where he tells the "boy" to go in first and calls him houseless poverty is just a juxtapose.  the will pray then he'll sleep which is pretty straight forward.  you really have to watch the play to understand.
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Read Shakespeare Sir...the ONLY characters there who really mean what they say are the 'fools'.
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It is part of a poem written by Donne in the 16th century. Others have used the line: "For Whom the Bell Tolls, it tolls for thee." Tne poem begins, "No man is an Island." It is titled "Meditation 17.