Quoting Shakespeare

William Shakespeare

Sonnet XXIX.

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,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possess'd,
Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
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.

 I SAY: Shakespeare had been a great influence to me when I started to right my own poems secretly. I meet him when i was taking up English Literature in College though i have already heard and read about him during my earlier years. He has superb thoughts, rich vocabulary and wandering imaginations putting it on a story, a poem, a lyric, a play. Literature has been always connected to him coz he has got a lot to share and i wanna be like him.

The Sonnet above is actually telling us more about hardwork to gain riches, taking chances with life's stakes and perseverance to overcome certain hindrances. Though, ironically, contentment with what you have has been a part on the lyric too. Thats how Shakespeare plays with his words. Superb, ambiguous, huge and deep.