When, in disgrace with fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries
And look upon myself and curse my fate,
Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possess'd,
Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;
Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising,
Haply I think on thee, and then my state,
Like to the lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven's gate;
For thy sweet love remember'd such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with kings.
The themes of the sonnet may be jealousy and difficulty in life. In the first quatrain, it shows a great sense of distress, hopeless, and helpless. An "outcast" man cries out for help but there is no one to assist or to comfort. "Curse" and "fate" show how helpless he is.
The theme of jealousy comes in at the second quatrain.
The sonnet makes a turn at the third at the third quatrain which is kind of wire. Even though at the despising time, I feel happy because of you. And the last couplet concludes in the same concept.
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