Sonnet 29: When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes

Sonnet 29 by Shakespeare; read by Jamie Muffett.

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[oliviachavez]

Here is the "easier version" of the sonnet:


“When I feel unlucky and humiliated in the eyes of others, / I sit by myself and cry over my lonely situation, / And I disturb the unhearing sky with my useless cries, / And feel sorry for myself and curse my bad luck….”“Wishing that I had more hopes for the future, / That I was as handsome as this person, or had as many friends as that person, / Wanting this person’s artistic skill and that person’s range of abilities, / Feeling unhappy with what I normally enjoy….”“Yet when I have hateful thoughts about myself / I may by chance think about you, and my attitude / (Like a lark at dawn taking off / From the gloomy earth) sings songs at the gate of heaven.”“For remembering your affection makes me feel so rich, / That I would not change places with a king.” So, the solution offered in this rhyming couplet is that thoughts of the speaker’s beloved are enough to lift the speaker’s spirits and make him feel like the luckiest person alive.“

[elisevandenberghe]

this sonnet is so touching. it almost made my cry when i read it out loud to my mom. i can't believe sheakspeare (sorry if i spelled it wrong) could convey such emotion in just fourteen lines. i had to really think in order to trully understand the meaning, but that's one of the things i love about it. it's an amazing piece, thanks for the video.

[leowald]

The reading was exceptionally captivating, displaying a remarkable command of language. It flowed effortlessly, creating a harmonious and melodic rhythm that was both pleasing and genuine. Additionally, the meticulous attention to punctuations enhanced the overall naturalness of the composition.

[cafepoem]

Thank you so much for this poem🌹
In this poem, the speaker laments over his state, his fate, and his misfortune at first. But when the speaker remembers "thy sweet love, " his state is elevated higher than a king. This poem is a part of the "Fair Youth" sequence of 129 sonnets, where the speaker cherishes his love for a young man.

[rareword]

This is perhaps Shakespeare's most beautiful sonnet. I wish the French had had a poet of this caliber, a poet capable of a love as transformative as the one expressed in this sonnet.
To have inspired it, W.H. must have been an extraordinary being.

[iwantiwantd]

I have to memorize this sonnet and this is REALLY helpful! THANK

[LTTang]

I learned this back in high school 30 plus years ago. I can still recite it now. Such a well written and meaningful sonnet. This is my most cherished sonnet of Shakespeare.

[Socratica]

I'm glad you found this helpful. Good luck tomorrow!

[Eemmy]

Im not native English speaker, but something about Shakespeare’s sonnets so soothing yet meaningful, thank you 🍀

[ChristianFatato]

I have to receive this poem tomarow and I never studied I put this on loop for a while and this is what I got so far
When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes I all alone beweep my outcast state and troubles dead heaven with my bootless cries and look upon my self and curse my fate wishing me like one more rich in hope featured like him like him friends possessed
Desiring that man's art and this man's scopd

[arcail]

I like the reader. I now more confident to recite this tomorrow tnx

[jonathanhernandez]

it's even more beautiful when you realize this is all in iambic pentameter

[bobbyjewett]

2019 and still being used . Your a boss 😎💪

[Imaginestudio]

I pressed like "like, " now you got a 1, 000 likes!

[davidlucey]

For a really good interpretation of this sonnet look up the movie “all is true“. There is a scene where Kenneth Branagh, as William Shakespeare and Ian McKellen as the aerial of Hampshire both recite this sonnet.

[VentiVonOsterreich]

I'd love to talk that way all the time.

[JohnChampagne]

What would it look like if it was written by Edward de Vere, a love letter to his son, who was love child of de Vere and the queen... But it was written 100 years later, a ghost to a ghost...

GPT came up with this:
My son, my flesh and blood, distanced by a web of secrets and lies,
It was a constant struggle to exist outside your life,
When the world shunned me and my hidden cries,
Reached only the indifferent skies,
I longed to be a better man, less ensnared by strife,
To be a father to you, not just in name but in presence,
To offer you wisdom, love, and an expanded view of life.

When weighed down by these burdens, almost consumed by my own despair,
I would think of you, your face, your latent potential,
And just as the morning lark takes to the sky, leaving behind the earthly layer,
My soul would ascend, shedding the weight of the unbearable.
Your existence, the very thought of you, gave me wealth beyond material,
So much so that the trappings of kingship seemed trivial, almost immaterial.

[JANITOROFHISTORY]

“ ALAS! THE JOYS THAT FORTUNE BRINGS ARE TRIFLING, AND DECAY; AND THOSE WHO PRIZE THE PALTRY THINGS, MORE TRIFLING STILL ARE THEY. ” - GOLDSMITH *

[sparkbb]

English is my second language. And that's why I leave as I became. None understood.

[Enrique-hg]

You can't be "disgraced" when you do not care what others think of you -- AT ALL.