Analysis of Sonnet 30: When to Sessions of Sweet Silent Thought
             William Shakespeare lived from fifteen-sixty four to sixteen sixteen. During this time in which he lived he wrote many poems, sonnets and plays. Many of these are recorded in history as poetic greats. "Poetic great" suggests that these are poems and plays that are thought to be some of the best ever written. This may always be a matter of scholarly debate. Yet all who have read his writings will agree that William Shakespeare was an sensational poet who made his mark and forever changed the history of poetry.
             Sonnet thirty is one of William Shakespeare's great sonnet's. It is called "When to the Sessions of Sweet Silent Thought." It is a fourteen line sonnet that is broken up into three quatrains and one couplet at the end. In this sonnet Shakespeare speaks of "sessions of sweet silent thinking". He thinks of memories of the past and is sadden by them. He recalls the times he's failed to achieve what he set out to do. It seems he's wasted the best years of his life. Then he begins to cry. Although he's not used to crying, he cries anyway. He is saddened even more when he thinks of his friends that have passed away into the unending night. Then it says he begins to cry a second time over hardships in the past and for the loss of the many things that he has seen and loved. He goes on to say how he begins to grieve and cry a third time over past sorrows as he repeats to himself all of the mistakes he has made. He grieves for things he has already grieved for, repaying past regrets that he has already paid for many times over. Then in the midst of his sadness and pain he thinks of a dear friend from the past. All his losses are compensated for and all of his sorrows end.
             Sonnet thirty is more than a great story. It has wonderful use of language as Shakespeare chooses the precise words to pai...