Question

Which two lines from the poem best develop the theme related to the value of relationships?

And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;
For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings
all alone beweep my outcast state
Sonnet 29
by William Shakespeare
When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries
And look upon myself and curse my fate,
5 Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possessid,
Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
10 Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;
For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.

Answer 1

Answer: "For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings " and "That then I scorn to change my state with kings."

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Answer 2

Answer: "For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings " and "That then I scorn to change my state with kings."

Explanation: In this sonnet, the poet is a troubled and insecure man, he is at his worst times, alone, with no friends, and he doesn't enjoy what he used to in the past. But in the line "For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings " he states that when he thinks about his love, happiness finds his way through him. Proceeding with the line "That then I scorn to change my state with kings.", he implies that he would not exchange then, his position in life, not even with the kings. Showing then, the true value of relationships.