William Shakespeare Sonnet 73 Geschke/British Literature
Shakespeare's Sonnet 73 Slide 2 What is the poet saying? Quatrain 1
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. (1-4)
Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 73 Slide 3 Quatrain
1 The poet presents his first metaphor. That time of year Fall Fall
is meant to represent death. Geschke/British Literature
Shakespeare's Sonnet 73 Slide 4 Quatrain 1 Death Imagery and
Diction Yellow leaves None are hanging Bare branches on trees Cold
No birds Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 73 Slide 5
Quatrain 2 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, Deaths second self, that seals up all in rest. (5-8)
Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 73 Slide 6 Quatrain
2 The poet presents his second metaphor. the twilight of such day
End of the day The end of the day is meant to represent death
Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 73 Slide 7 Quatrain
2 Death imagery and Diction Twilight Sunset Fadeth West Black night
Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 73 Slide 8 Quatrain
3 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. (9-12) Geschke/British
Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 73 Slide 9 Quatrain 3 The poet
presents his third metaphor glowing of such a fire A fire is dying
out The glowing fire is meant to represent death Geschke/British
Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 73 Slide 10 Quatrain 3 Death
Imagery and Diction ashes of his youth Deathbed Expire Consumed
Repetition The beginning of line 9 is the same as the beginning of
line 5. Parallel Structure Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare's
Sonnet 73 Slide 11 Couplet This thou perceives, which makes thy
love more strong, To love that well which thou must leave ere long.
(13-14) Even though everyone knows the speaker will eventually die,
he appreciates that his friend stays by his side and loves him.
Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 73 Slide 12 How
Does He Go About Saying it? Poetic Devices Shakespearean Sonnet
Rhyme Scheme abab cdcd efef gg 3 quatrains and 1 couplet
Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 73 Slide 13 Meter
That time of year thou mayst in me behold Iambic Pentameter
Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 73 Slide 14 Nature
Imagery Fall When yellow leaves, or none, or few do hang (2) boughs
which shake against the cold (3) Bare ruined choirs (4) Fall
imagery suggests the coming of death Fall leads to winter
Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 73 Slide 15 Death
Imagery twilight (5) sunset (6) fadeth (6) west (6) black night (7)
All the images suggest the end of the day The death of the day
Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 73 Slide 16
Metaphor Each quatrain discusses a metaphor for death Quatrain 1
Compares death to fall Quatrain 2 Compares death to the end of a
day Quatrain 3 Compares death to a dying fire Geschke/British
Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 73 Slide 17 Tone Sad
Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 73 Slide 18 Theme
Death? Love? Geschke/British Literature Shakespeare's Sonnet 73
