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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…
Sonnet 29, ‘When, in disgrace with fortune and men’s eyes’ by William Shakespeare explores emotions of self-doubt, envy, despair, and the power of love. Read Poem PDF Guide
"Sonnet 29" is a poem written by the English poet and playwright William Shakespeare. It was most likely written in the 1590s, though it was not published until 1609. Like many of Shakespeare's sonnets , "Sonnet 29" is a love poem.
This poem is in the public domain. William Shakespeare, regarded as the foremost dramatist of his time, wrote more than thirty plays and more than one hundred sonnets, all written in the form of three quatrains and a couplet that is now recognized as Shakespearean.
Read Shakespeare's sonnet 29 in a modern English version: "How can I then return in happy plight, That am debarred the benefit of rest?
Text of Sonnet 29 from the 1609 Quarto. Sonnet 29 is part of the Fair Youth sequence of Shakespeare’s sonnets–numbers 1–126–which, along with the rest of his sonnets, was… Read More
The text of Shakespeare's sonnet 29. Home from his journey in the last sonnet, the poet is out of favor and depressed.
