With Shakespeare’s 30th sonnet, arguably one of his most famous sonnets, the speaker introduces a theme of discontent with life itself brought on by reflection of sad memories, which contrasts the theme of love present in the sonnets preceding it. This exploration of the new theme only lasts for a short while, as the speaker ‘turns’ the theme back to the familiar theme of love at the very end.
At the start of the first quatrain, the speaker begins with their expression of grief using words normally referring to courts of law. In the line, “When to the sessions of sweet silent thought…” (Shakespeare) the word ‘sessions’ would normally refer to the sitting of a court, though in the context of this sonnet, ‘sessions’ could be interpreted as a time of self reflection, namely the speaker’s. The next line, “I summon up remembrance of things past…” (Shakespeare), again uses a metaphor, this time for the word ‘summons’, which normally would be used in terms......

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Title: Analysis Of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 30
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