When, in disgrace with fortune and mans eyes - 3575 Words

William Shakespeare's When, in disgrace with fortune and man's eyes (Essay Sample) Content: WritingEnglishCustomer's NameCustomer's Grade CourseCustomer Tutor's NameAbstractThis paper gives an analysis and discussion of William Shakespeare's When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes.' This is a poem which presents a number of themes and views from the point of the narrator. The paper will describe the poem line by line, and does this by describing the way in which it will occur in the mind of the readers. As it shall be noted in this essay, the use of poetry can be elemental in presenting a number of issues, ideas and views to the reader.An Analysis of Shakespeare's Poem When, in Disgrace with Fortune and Men's EyesThe poem by William Shakespeare presents a speaker who is in a state of emotion and extremely confused. From the very first line, the narrator is noted to be disgraced by fortune because he appears to be having some bad omen all along. He as well He also feels greatly disgraced by the eyes of men (William, 1975). The implication here is that t he entire public somewhat looks at him in a matter that is unfavourable. While this could either be real or even imagined, in the second line the narrator moans of what he refers to as outcast state' meaning rejection in his own society.Further down he continues to lament due to the fact that there is not even a single person who seems to hear his prayers and so he continues to feel extremely sorry for himself (Kallick, 1973). He also wishes that he was like another person much popular and handsome, and that way he would be much optimistic with his own life. In the third and fourth lines, the message is clearly an allusion of Biblical Job (William, 1975). He assumes a similar position whereby God appears not willing to listen to his cries. This idea, in which one results to cursing his fate, is constant with that of Job as he fell out of his Father's fortune and favour.While he desires someone's scope and art, he ends up being more worried and upset since the talents he admire and o pportunities possessed by other persons tend to make him confused other than jovial and happy. The speaker in this poem envies what the others appear to have. In the fifth to ninth lines, it noted that the narrator lacks what the others appear to possess and the reason he wishes he would be having similar possessions (Kallick, 1973). As it is noted in the seventh line, he still envies one man's artistic possession and other opportunities possessed by other individuals (William, 1975).In lines ten to twelve, there is the presentation of a lark simile. Here he presents the simile by giving a description of his very love he possesses for his well being and emotional state. As noted in this poem, we have this lark rising suddenly from what appears as a sullen earth right at day-break, and such has been used as an implication that daytimes tend to be happier in comparison with nights (William, 1975). Daybreaks have been given a compared to a ...