"Sonnet 28" by Francesco Petrarcha
Alone, and lost in thought, the desert glade
Measuring I roam with ling'ring steps and slow;
And still a watchful glance around me throw,
Anxious to shun the print of human tread:
No other means I find, no surer aid
From the world's prying eye to hide my woe:
So well my wild disorder'd gestures show,
And lovelorn looks, the fire within me bred,
That well I deem each mountain, wood and plain,
And river knows, what I from man conceal,
What dreary hues my life's fond prospects dim.
Yet whate'er wild or savage paths I've ta'en,
Where'er I wander, love attends me still,
Soft whisp'ring to my soul, and I to him.
Which line indicates the speaker's pessimistic or negative feelings about his future?
Question 3 options:
11 What dreary hues my life's fond prospects dim
1 Alone, and lost in thought, the desert glade
3 And still a watchful glance around me throw,
14 Where'er I wander, love attends me still,