Musick to heare, why hear’st thou musick sadly, Shakespeare: Summary & Analysis

Sonnet 8: "Musick to heare, why hear’st thou musick sadly" is a Shakespearean sonnet that explores the theme of unity and harmony in music, paralleling it with the idea of love and relationships. The speaker addresses someone who listens to music with a sad demeanor and questions why they don't find joy in something that is meant to be joyful. The poem uses music as a metaphor to convey the concept of harmonious relationships. Sonnet 8: "Musick to heare, why hear’st thou musick sadly" Original Text Music to hear, why hear’st thou music sadly? Sweets with sweets war not, joy delights in joy. Why lovest thou that which thou receives not gladly, Or else receives with pleasure thine annoy? If the true concord of well-tuned sounds, By unions married, do offend thine ear, They do but sweetly chide thee, who confounds In singleness the parts that thou shouldst bear. Mark how one string, sweet husband to another, Strikes each in each by mutual ordering, Resembling sire and child and …