7/23/2019 Sonnet 73 Annotation

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mily Lile and Meheak Singh

s. Gardner 

nglish 10H/Period 4

September 2015

Sonnet 73

That time of year thou mayst in me behold, A

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

Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, A

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

In me thou seest the twilight of such day, C

As after sunset fadeth in the west, D

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

Death’s second self that seals up all in rest. D

In me thou seest the glowing of such fire, E

That on the ashes of his youth doth lie, F

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

Consumed with that which it was nourished by. F

This thou perceiv’st which makes thy love more strong, G

To love that well, which thou must leave ere long. G

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winter.

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and so is thespeaker.

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Consonance

Consonance

Iambic Pentameter provides a rhythm tothe poem, almost like the poem has a

heartbeat in which it is alive until no

more is to be said.