from sonnet 29 why does the poet compare his mood to a bird?
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Lines 10-12: Here, the speaker uses a simile comparing his once depressed mood to a "lark" that rises up from the "sullen earth" and sings "hymns" at heaven's gate. That's pretty dramatic, wouldn't you say? A "hymn" is a religious song praising God, so there's a suggestion here that our speaker feels closer to God than he has in the past.
The "lark" simile also reminds us that our speaker is in a completely different mind frame now than he was at the beginning of the sonnet. At line 3, he said that "heav'n" was "deaf" to his cries—meaning, God wasn't answering his prayers. But now, our speaker is no longer crying. Instead, he feels like a bird that's happily singing away at "heaven's gate." Is that because "heaven" (a.k.a. God) is no longer "deaf"?
And, what is it that's brought about this sudden and dramatic change in our speaker? He tells us at line 10 that he feels like a "lark" when he remembers the "sweet love" of another human being. That's interesting because it's NOT God that has brought about our speaker's spiritual transformation. It's the love of some unnamed mystery person that's got our speaker's spirits soaring. So, maybe our speaker doesn't feel any closer to God than he did before. Maybe he's just decided that he's found a new kind of "heaven."
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