Poem: Sonnet 29 "When in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes" by William Shakespeare
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 my self and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possessed,
Desiring this man’s art, and that man’s scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least,
Yet in these thoughts my self almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
(Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth) sings hymns at heaven’s gate,
For thy sweet love remembered such wealth brings,
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
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Sonnet 29 by William Shakespeare - Read by John Gielgud
SOURCE: Roman Styran (2015), posted on YouTube [1:05 mins] URL: https://youtu.be/lz4qyEyRiiY
Line by Line: Shakespeare's Sonnet 29
This video will take you through one of Shakespeare’s sonnets with text and visual annotations. Line by line, you'll explore Shakespeare's gift for language and invention.
SOURCE: Line By Line Shakespeare (2017), posted on YouTube, [1:44 mins] URL: https://youtu.be/x8aMpN2rQC0
Sonnet 29 - When in disgrace with Fortune and men's eyes
Line-by-line explanation of the poem by a college professor.
SOURCE: Six Minute Scholar (2013), posted on YouTube, [15:54 mins] URL: https://youtu.be/2gfUxcNv0Zc