Question

Which line for Sonnet 28 indicates the speaker's pessimistic or negative feelings about his future?

9: That well I deem each mountain, wood and plain,

10: And river knows, what I from man conceal,

11: What dreary hues my life's fond prospects dim.

12: Yet whate'er wild or savage paths I've ta'ken,

13: Where'er I wander, love attends me still,

14: Soft whisp'ring to my soul, and I to him.

Question 1 options:

11: What dreary hues my life's fond prospects dim.


9: That well I deem each mountain, wood and plain,


13: Where'er I wander, love attends me still,


14: Soft whisp'ring to my soul, and I to him.

Answer 1

In Petrarch's "Sonnet 28", we can choose the following line as the one indicating the speaker's negativity about his future:

11. What dreary hues my life's fond prospects dim.

What is the poem about?

• Petrarch's "Sonnet 28" has a speaker who is wandering off into nature, trying to leave behind his troubles and the scrutiny of other people. He reveals, toward the end of the poem, that love is the cause of the suffering he is trying to forget.

What line sounds pessimistic?

• Line 11 shows the speaker's negative feelings about his future. He says there are colors which take away the brightness of his prospects. In other words, he is saying that his future looks somber, sad.

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