🔵 Sonnet 30 by William Shakespeare - Summary Analysis - Sonnet 30 Shakespeare - When To The Sessions

Sonnet 30 by William Shakespeare - Summary Analysis - Sonnet 30 Shakespeare - When to the sessions of sweet silent thought
1565 - 1616
When to the sessions of sweet silent thought
I summon up remembrance of things past,
I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought,
And with old woes new wail my dear time’s waste:
Then can I drown an eye, unused to flow,
For precious friends hid in death’s dateless night,
And weep afresh love’s long since cancelled woe,
And moan the expense of many a vanished sight:
Then can I grieve at grievances foregone,
And heavily from woe to woe tell o’er
The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan,
Which I new pay as if not paid before.
But if the while I think on thee, dear friend,
All losses are restor’d and sorrows end.
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[@ftmagellan]

Splendid articulation of William’s thoughts as he composed Sonnet 30

[@manisco5098]

Splendid!! Thank you Sir, indeed.

[@iswearenglish]

My pleasure!

[@Khatoon170]

Sonnet 30 theme narrator spends time remembering and reflecting on sad memories of dear friend. He grieves of his short comings and failure, while also remembering happier memories. Narrator uses legal metaphors throughout sonnet to describe sadness that he feels as he reflects on his life .

[@balsonnaoshekpam6240]

Poor explanation