Sonnet 29

love has the power to transform despair into joy, making emotional connection more valuable than wealth, status, or external success.

why is this sonnet not a typical Shakespeare sonnet? 

• no problem in octave 

• resolution in final sestet 

• octave isn’t resolved directly simply poem shifts focus

quatrain 1

• unlucky = trouble with fortune \

• bootless = useless

• despair & self pity

quatrain 2

• envies others who seem more talented/fortunate and rich = admires

• man’s scope = wealth

quatrain 3

• poem shifts: finds joy & confidence in the thought of a loved one

• power of love shifts suffering to happiness

• lark = singing bird

Couplet

• love makes him feel wealthy & content

• more fortunate than kings

• inner vs outer wealth = emotionally rich over material rich

mood swings

• unpredictable nature of human emotions

• impact of love on sense of self & well-being

Octave, sestet, couplet

Octave = 8 lines showing the problem/ question

Sestet = 6 lines uses But, yet

Couplet = 2 lines showing the solution/ answer