Emily Lile and Meheak Singh

Ms. Gardner
English 10H/Period 4
1 September 2015
Sonnet 73
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The speaker is
referring to fall or
autumn, and then
transition into
winter.

That time of year thou mayst in me behold, A

There used to be
so much life in the
early years, but
now that winter is
arriving, little life
still exists in the
tree and its
branches.

When yellow leaves, or none, or few do hang B

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Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, A

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Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. B

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Consonance

He sees his end

coming.

In me thou seest the twilight of such day, C

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As after sunset fadeth in the west, D

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Which by and by black night doth take a-way, C

Night is taking away

light, and is referred
to Deaths
companion.

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Deaths second self that seals up all in rest. D

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Consonance

In me thou seest the glowing of such fire, E

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The fire is dying

and so is the
speaker.

That on the ashes of his youth doth lie, F

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As the death-bed, whereon it must expire, E

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Consumed with that which it was nourished by. F

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He is saying that This thou perceivst which makes thy love more strong, G
he can envision
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this, so its making
To love that well, which thou must leave ere long. G
him love life more
strongly now,
Iambic Pentameter provides a rhythm to
because he
the poem, almost like the poem has a
knows that he will
heartbeat in which it is alive until no
not love it that
more is to be said.
long.

The paradox
represents
his mixed
emotions for
time, and
how he didnt
value it
enough.