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    Sonnet 73

    William Shakespeare
    BACKGROU
    •
    ND ON THE
    Born 26 April 1564
    •
    •
    POET
    Died 23 April 1616
    English playwright, poet, even some acting
    • Wrote 154 sonnets
    • Sonnet 73 is seen as one of his famous sonnets, related to old
    age
    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 ruined choirs where late the sweet birds sang.
    In me thou seest 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 seest the glowing of such fire
    That on the ashes of his youth doth lie,
    As the deathbed whereon it must expire,
    Consumed with that which it was nourished by.
    This thou perceiv’st, which makes thy love more strong,
    To love that well which thou must leave ere long.
    Poem in simple English
    You may see that time of year in me
    When few, or no, yellow leaves hang
    On those branches that shiver in the cold bare ruins of
    the choir stalls where sweet birds sang so recently.
    You see, in me, the twilight of a day, after the sun has
    set in the west, extinguished by the black night that
    imitates Death, which closes everything in rest. You
    see in me the glowing embers that are all that is left of
    the fire of my youth – the deathbed on which youth
    must inevitably die, consumed by the life that once fed
    it. This is something you can see, and it gives your love
    the strength deeply to love that which you have to lose
    soon.
    1. TITLE
    There were 154

    Each sonnet numbered, thus sonnet 73


    2. Format Critical to know
    the difference
    14 lines

    English / Shakespearean or Elizabethan Sonnet

    Consist of 3 quatrains and 1 rhyming couplet


    (Quatrain = 4 lines, couplet = 2 lines)

    Iambic pentameter
    Rhyme scheme – abab cdcd efef gg

    The first 2 quatrains introduces the main idea and theme of the poem

    At the beginning of the third quatrain, there is a change in poem, where there is almost a ‘twist’

    The Couplet summarizes and leaves the reader with a new, concluding image.
    3. Vocabulary
    4.Line by Line
    In the first quatrain the poet anticipates his

    Lines 1 - 4: own decay. He talks of the time when he will


    appear as pale and dry as the world in a cold,
    biting winter. He compares himself as the
    That time of year thou mayst in me behold branches of the trees that used to be lovely
    When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang and melodious.
    Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,
    Bare ruined choirs where late the sweet birds sang Metaphor = old age - autumn

    YOU – refers to the friend


    Yellow leaves – reference to autumn of life, gray hair
    Line 3 – boughs = branches
    These branches are empty now – old age, growing older, there
    used to be birds sitting there
    Branches are bare,
    Lines 5 - 8:
    The poet implies here the approach of death
    to him. Almost becoming depressed. The
    mood changes to gloom and melancholy.

    In me thou seest the twilight of such day


    As after sunset fadeth in the west,
    Which by and by black night doth take away, Metaphor = Old age and the passing of a day
    Death’s second self, that seals up all in rest.
    He says here that he will look like the quickly fading twilight of the day, as the sun is
    setting in the west. So, just like the dark night-time takes over day (or then life),
    death too will bring him to the oblivion of night, because the dark is death.
    The poet here implies that his lost youthful

    Lines 9 - 12:
    energy and vitality have well consumed him
    and draw him to death. His tone here is
    deeply distressful and despondent.
    In me thou seest the glowing of such fire
    That on the ashes of his youth doth lie,
    As the deathbed whereon it must expire,
    Consumed with that which it was nourished by. Metaphor = old age – the dying out of a fire

    1. The glowing of such fire – the spark of the embers

    2. The ashes of his youth – the remains of the poet’s youthful passion. Only the
    ashes remain when it is burnt out. These youthful desires remain after the end
    of his youth.

    3. The embers are dying out – the poet’s youth once gave him warmth and
    radiance, but now (which is what fed it), his age is coming out.
    This will, however, as felt by the poet, lead the

    Lines 13 - 14:
    friend to love him more as one who is to pass
    away soon. There is a change in tone from
    depression to consolation.
    This thou perceiv’st, which makes thy love more strong,
    To love that well which thou must leave ere long.

    1. So the friend will perceive in the poet this shadow of death, the mark of decay.
    2. And it will enhance the intensity of the friend’s love for the poet – love more
    sincerely.
    3. The friend will soon be separated from the poet because of death
    4. But the poet finds consolation from the thought of his friend’s love. His sense of
    loss is thus gone and the mood of depression removed.
    5. Themes
    REMEMBER TO
    1. Aging
    PEE
    It is something that is natural and inevitable.
    It does not mean that it is a negative aspect,
    but refer to the metaphors in each quatrain)

    Point
    Example
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