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Sonnet 29 Tone
William Shakespeare uses contrasting tones in Sonnet 29 to display the theme of jealousy wrecking a person’s life and how love can cure even the darkest of times through his use of hyperboles. The poem begins with a dark and depressed tone as he thinks that his life could not get any worse. He is in a deep state of depression and even states in line 8 that, “with what I most enjoy contented least,” (Shakespeare Line 8). This hyperbole emphasizes how terrible he sees his life as he exaggerates saying that even his favorite thing to do is the worst at that time. He continues on revealing the source of his depression is jealousy. He continuously talks about wanting what others have. His comparison of his peers to himself is making things seem
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