Sonnet 66 By Katie Buckman

Sonnet 66
By Katie Buckman
Tired with all these, for restful death I cry,
As to behold desert a beggar born,
And needy nothing trimm’d in jollity,
And purest faith unhappily forsworn,
And gilded honour shamefully misplac’d,
And maiden virtue rudely strumpeted,
And right perfection wrongfully disgrac’d,
And strength by limping sway disabled
And art made tongue-tied by authority,
And folly—doctor-like—controlling skill,
And simple truth miscall’d simplicity,
And captive good attending captain ill:
Tir’d with all these, from these would I be gone,
Save that, to die, I leave my love alone.

sonnet 66 explication
This recognition is unveiled within the first

lines as Shakespeare writes, "tired with all these for restful death I cry". After this account, William

Shakespeare presents the many examples in which to support his argument of an unfair world. The first

of which is seeing worthy people living lives of poverty. He continues in the next line telling " and needy

nothing trimm'd jollity". By using the word jollity meaning in an upbeat quality, and trimm'd in a form of a

way of dress, William tells how the wealthy are dressed in prime matter, but are undeserving of their life

gifts. Shakespeare moves his ramble into the form of religious injustices, ranting of how holy people only

get betrayed by those they trusts. This piece of text uses alliteration between faith and foresworn to

reconnect the idea of betrayal among characters. In the world that Shakespeare describes the wealthy

are treated with undeserving
They are not looked upon as people of virtue and great quality.

alternatively the girls are depleted to shortened potential and compressed identity. Not only are virtuous

women sold short, but as Shakespeare describes in line

seven "perfection is wrongly disgraced". Nothing will ever be good enough to receive commendable

recognition. William Shakespeare, as he continues his tangent of a dissatisfactory world, depicts the idea

of how "strength by limping sway disabled." In this line common words acquire definitions that do not

follow their usual context. The first

of which is strength. Instead of using strength to refer to physical attributes the poem uses it in reference

to internal disposition. This strength provides the ideas of knowing what is right and what is wrong.As

the stanza progresses the phrase "limping sway" materializes . Stated above these worlds do not hold

true to what is though of as the standard definition, instead they take on the character of the opposer.