The theme of the sonnet is that love brings more happiness than that of materialistic possessions, and is supported by the metaphors and especially the diction used throughout the story. The sonnet begins with a helpless, self-loathing tone which is apparent and prominent within the diction used, "I all alone..."(line 2), he feels like an outsider. The speaker feels as though he is a bother and does not feel adequate when he sees the material things that other possess. When he speaks he exclaimed that he had been "troubling heaven with his bootless cries", because he feels unworthy of any love. He sees himself as someone who had been found in the worst conditions and he hates himself for it, even if it was something he could not control. He is desperate for something makes feel as though he belongs.
He then goes on to say that he does not possess the friends or happiness that others do. When he thinks of all that he does not poses he only becomes more upset. He desires what others have so desperately but has no means of obtaining it. Words used such as 'desiring' support that he is not in a position where he possesses many things, and all he is able to do is look upon them. The tone is fairly constant with that of the previous quatrain, if not more self-loathin
In the third quatrain is when we can begin to notice a new tone. In the beginning he describes speaking of this man that he loves, and how thoughts of him "like to the lark at break of day arising"(line 11). This meaning that from his depression and darkness comes thoughts of his benefactor that are bright and happy, shedding light on his mind and his thoughts. He becomes hopeful. Love overpowers the thoughts that had plagued him and he leaves them behind, recognizing a tone of hopefulness and love. It is thoughts of the one that he loved that ultimately cure him of his depressed state and lift him into a better one.
In the closing couplet, the speaker describes the love that he feels. He describes it as bringing him wealth, relating to the fact that he is not wealthy, but that that is unimportant considering that he now has the love of this man. He would not trade positions with kings, and considering that at the beginning of the sonnet he was depressed most over not possessing material things, the power of love is especially prominent and an obvious theme.
The theme of the sonnet is that love brings more happiness than that of materialistic possessions, and is supported by the metaphors and especially the diction used throughout the story. The sonnet begins with a helpless, self-loathing tone which is apparent and prominent within the diction used, "I all alone..."(line 2), he feels like an outsider. The speaker feels as though he is a bother and does not feel adequate when he sees the material things that other possess. When he speaks he exclaimed that he had been "troubling heaven with his bootless cries", because he feels unworthy of any love. He sees himself as someone who had been found in the worst conditions and he hates himself for it, even if it was something he could not control. He is desperate for something makes feel as though he belongs.
He then goes on to say that he does not possess the friends or happiness that others do. When he thinks of all that he does not poses he only becomes more upset. He desires what others have so desperately but has no means of obtaining it. Words used such as 'desiring' support that he is not in a position where he possesses many things, and all he is able to do is look upon them. The tone is fairly constant with that of the previous quatrain, if not more self-loathin
In the third quatrain is when we can begin to notice a new tone. In the beginning he describes speaking of this man that he loves, and how thoughts of him "like to the lark at break of day arising"(line 11). This meaning that from his depression and darkness comes thoughts of his benefactor that are bright and happy, shedding light on his mind and his thoughts. He becomes hopeful. Love overpowers the thoughts that had plagued him and he leaves them behind, recognizing a tone of hopefulness and love. It is thoughts of the one that he loved that ultimately cure him of his depressed state and lift him into a better one.
In the closing couplet, the speaker describes the love that he feels. He describes it as bringing him wealth, relating to the fact that he is not wealthy, but that that is unimportant considering that he now has the love of this man. He would not trade positions with kings, and considering that at the beginning of the sonnet he was depressed most over not possessing material things, the power of love is especially prominent and an obvious theme.