Shakespeare's Sonnets
refer to lines 9-12'then can I grieve...not paid before'Discuss whether the imagery used in these lines is effective in conveying the speakers feelings
Sonnet 30
Sonnet 30
"Then can I grieve at grievances foregone,
And heavily from woe to woe tell o'er
The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan,
Which I new pay as if not paid before."
The speaker seems lost in the cycle of grief. He re-visits his woe over and over again. He sees the futility in this cycle of melancholy.