INTRODUCTION Sonnet 73 is one of the most renowned poetry of William Shakespeare out of his 154 sonnets. The poet expresses an emotion of self pity for growing old. The poem is addressed to fair youth, it's a general yet important reminder to mankind that the nature of time is to pass. Through the images of Autumn, passing day and dying fire poet wanted to give an example of time's superiority over men SONNET 73: THAT TIME OF YEAR THOU MAYST IN ME BEHOLD That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. In me thou see'st the twilight of such day As after sunset fadeth in the west, Which by and by black night doth take away, Death's second self, that seals up all in rest. In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire That on the ashes of his youth doth lie, As the death-bed whereon it must expire,...
INTRODUCTION Sonnet 73 is one of the most renowned poetry of William Shakespeare out of his 154 sonnets. The poet expresses an emotion of self pity for growing old. The poem is addressed to fair youth, it's a general yet important reminder to mankind that the nature of time is to pass. Through the images of Autumn, passing day and dying fire poet wanted to give an example of time's superiority over men SONNET 73: THAT TIME OF YEAR THOU MAYST IN ME BEHOLD That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. In me thou see'st the twilight of such day As after sunset fadeth in the west, Which by and by black night doth take away, Death's second self, that seals up all in rest. In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire That on the ashes of his youth doth lie, As the death-bed whereon it must expire,...