Blog #5: Sonnet 30

William Shakespeare's Sonnet 30 appears to be about someone who was not able to obtain a desire. The speaker uses a depressing tone, as he uses many words with negative connotations. Verbs such as "drown", "weep", "moan", and "grieve" show that the speaker is unhappy with a certain situation. The meaning of the poem is shown when the speaker says, "I sigh the lack of many things I sought". The author incorporates these words to let the reader know what the mood is and the level of sadness that the speaker is feeling.