Sonnet 30: When to the sessions of sweet silent thought

Sonnet 30 begins with: "When to the sessions of sweet silent thought." Look at the repeated words in each line of the third quatrain: "Then can I grieve at grievances foregone,/ And heavily from woe to woe tell o'er,/ The sad account of fore-bemoaned moan

Creates a humorous effect

Creates a tedious effect

Demonstrates how he is reliving his past woes

Creates a purely musical effect

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Demonstrates how he is reliving his past woes

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