1. What does the opening line of the poem mean?

The opening line of the poem express the unfortunate things that happened to him.
Where he is in disgrace and all alone, as he is rejected by society due to his current
state.
2. Who is being addressed by the poet?
The person being questioned is a depressed person who has a materialistic perspective
on everything and is extremely insecure, lacking self-confidence. He values wealth and
the state of life so much over the things that make him happy.
3. Why does the poet consider the faiths of old his daily bread?
(Ma’am there is no ’faith of old his daily bread’ but if we’re to base on sonnet 29 by
George Santayana this is my answer.)
He considers the "faiths of old" to be his "daily bread" because the old faiths or beliefs
have the ability to save him.

4. What makes the persona happy?

He says “Haply I think on thee, and then my state, like to the lark at break of day arising,
from sullen earth, sings hymns at heaven’s gate.” This is saying that when he thinks
about this person whom he supposedly loves, his mood, self-image and the way he feels
improve, and he is like a rising lark who can sing hymns at heaven’s gate which made
him happy. 
5. How do you view the persona’s circumstance?
I think this was a wonderful poem about the joys and power of love, and what it can do
for a person. At the beginning he was suffering from a sense of suffering, depression and
isolation, and at the end he had risen above all of that to find a happier, valued
existence, just by reminiscing a memory of love, and thinking about that love.