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When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes, I

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,


जब, भाग्य और पुरुषों की आंखों से घृणा,

मैं अकेले ही अपनी निर्वासित अवस्था को देखता हूँ,

और मेरे निर्दय रोने से बहरे स्वर्ग को कष्ट दो।

और अपने आप को देखो और मेरे भाग्य को शाप दो, Published: 1609

In the octave of Sonnet 29, the speaker is depressed due to social ostracism (“my outcast state“) and personal misfortune (“curse my fate“). He also gives vent to his jealousy of those that are “rich in hope” and“with friends possess’d”. The sestet of the sonnet begins with “Yet” and takes a brighter tone as the speaker feels better upon thinking of his beloved. It ends with the couplet, “For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings; That then I scorn to change my state with kings.” Sonnet 29 breaks away from traditional sonnets due to its different structure and because the speaker, due to his lack of self-worth, is unable to present a solution in the sestet.

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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,


जब, भाग्य और पुरुषों की आंखों से घृणा,

मैं अकेले ही अपनी निर्वासित अवस्था को देखता हूँ,

और मेरे निर्दय रोने से बहरे स्वर्ग को कष्ट दो।

और अपने आप को देखो और मेरे भाग्य को शाप दो, Published: 1609

In the octave of Sonnet 29, the speaker is depressed due to social ostracism (“my outcast state“) and personal misfortune (“curse my fate“). He also gives vent to his jealousy of those that are “rich in hope” and“with friends possess’d”. The sestet of the sonnet begins with “Yet” and takes a brighter tone as the speaker feels better upon thinking of his beloved. It ends with the couplet, “For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings; That then I scorn to change my state with kings.” Sonnet 29 breaks away from traditional sonnets due to its different structure and because the speaker, due to his lack of self-worth, is unable to present a solution in the sestet.

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