Posted by SONNET CLV on June 08, 19100 at 01:35:08:

In Reply to: I need to understand Sonnet 30!!!! posted by Mercedes on May 10, 19100 at 13:30:34:

One of the most famous of all the sonnets, and one of the most beaautiful in its language:

Here's a rough paraphrase:

When I settle back into those quiet moments of reflection and reminisce about the past, my mind conjures up memories of all those things I have desired and never gotten, and these old regrets make me wail anew about how I have wasted my life. And I'll cry (something I don't often do) as I recall the loss of precious friends who have died, as their memories opens old wounds. And I regret the many things we never got to do together, the many things I've never gotten to see. And all these griefs pile up upon me, and I weep in sadness as if I had never done so before.

But ... if I happen to think of you, dear friend, all my griefs and wants and regrets disappear; I have all I need and my sorrows end.

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