As noted by Bernhard Frank, Sonnet 29 includes two distinct sections with the Speaker explaining his current depressed state of mind in the first octave and then conjuring what appears to be a happier image in the last sestet.
It follows the traditional English rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef gg - though in this sonnet the b and f rhymes happen to be identical. Sonnet 29 follows the same basic structure as Shakespeare's other sonnets, containing fourteen lines and written in iambic pentameter, and composed of three rhyming quatrains with a rhyming couplet at the end.
Sonnet 29 is written in the typical Shakespearean sonnet form, having 14 lines of iambic pentameter ending in a rhymed couplet. In the sonnet, the speaker bemoans his status as an outcast and failure but feels better upon thinking of his beloved. It is part of the Fair Youth sequence (which comprises sonnets 1- 126 in the accepted numbering stemming from the first edition in 1609). Sonnet 29 is one of 154 sonnets written by the English playwright and poet William Shakespeare.
