Sonnet 30: When To The Sessions of Sweet Silent Thought
INTRODUCTION:
Written by the most popular English poet and playwright, Shakespeare, this sonnet is among his 154 sonnets and one among 126 Fair Youth sequence. Published as a part of 1609 quarto.
SONNET 30: SUMMARY
The poet sits alone recollecting his past. He realises that he hasn't achieved everything that he once strived for in the past. He adds new tears for old griefs. He grieves deeply for the time he has wasted in his life.
He then drowns in tears for the precious friends he has lost to the death's dateless night and weeps over the lost loves. And he sadly recounts all the grievances which he had already grieved about and tears again for the same. But when he begins to think about the youth, he regains everything he had lost and all his sorrows come to an end at once.
The poem talks about the pain of his memories and disappointments of past, the lost opportunities and friends, the lost pleasures etc., and how these affect later in his life while just reflecting on them.
The poem talks about the pain of his memories and disappointments of past, the lost opportunities and friends, the lost pleasures etc., and how these affect later in his life while just reflecting on them.
