Question

Which lines express desperation in this excerpt from Sir Philip Sidney's Sonnet 1? But words came halting forth, wanting Invention's stay, Invention, Nature's child, fled step-dame Study's blows, And others' feet still seem’d but strangers in my way. Thus, great with child to speak, and helpless in my throes, Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite-- "Fool," said my Muse to me, "look in thy heart and write."

Answer 1

The lines that express desperation in this excerpt from Sir Philip Sidney's "Sonnet 1" are:

"Thus, great with child to speak, and helpless in my throes, Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite."

In this Sonnet, the narrator is having difficulties in writting, and he starts feeling anxious about it. He tries but the results are not satisfactory, and he starts biting his pen and beating himself out of nervousness and desesperation.