William Shakespeare sonnet 29?

Question: William Shakespeare sonnet 29!?

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The following is a pretty decent paraphrase of Sonnet 29:
(many of the Sonnets are about how love redeems life, how it can reform feelings of guilt or shame or longing or envy or fear of death, etc!. - love and posterity are eternal) - hopefully reading the re-worded version will help you find meaning in the original -

SONNET 29 (paraphrase):
When I’ve fallen out of favor with fortune and men,
All alone I weep over my position as a social outcast,
And pray to heaven, but my cries go unheard,
And I look at myself, cursing my fate,
Wishing I were like one who had more hope,
Wishing I looked like him; wishing I were surrounded by friends,
Wishing I had this man's skill and that man's freedom!.
I am least contented with what I used to enjoy most!.
But, with these thoughts – almost despising myself,
I, by chance, think of you and then my melancholy,
Like the lark at the break of day, rises
From the dark earth and (I) sing hymns to heaven;
For thinking of your love brings such happiness
That then I would not change my position in life with kings!.

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Shakespeare's sonnets were written about a guy, not a girl!. I think there is some controversy as to whether Shakespeare had a gay affair, or whether the sonnets were meant to be in a woman's voice!. From what I understand, they were never meant to be published!. And in fact there is some doubt that they were even written by Shakespeare (but then some people don't think he wrote his plays either!)

There is a very good synopsis of this sonnet at Wikipedia

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