Reread sonnet 30 by william shakespeare. how does the speaker behave and feel in the poem before he thinks of his "dear friend"? how does the thought of his "dear friend" change his attitude? why is the shift that occurs in the speaker's thoughts viewed as a tribute to his "dear friend"? cite specific examples from the text in your response.

The speaker is very melancholic when he thinks of "things past". "I sigh the lack of many a thing I sought" - he grieves for not having fulfilled the wishes and desires of his youth, that has obviously passed. Many of his friends are now dead. But the thought of his "dear friend" changes his attitude by giving him a new sense of fulfilment, that he has otherwise forgotten. It is a tribute to his friend because it is an immense compensation for all things lost in life.