Sonnet 73 -- Shakespeare's Sonnets

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Date Posted: 12:01:44 03/22/03 Sat
Author: Cynthia Luois
Subject: Sonnet 73

1.) Shakespeare's diction conveys the season by telling it with a visual effect. Imagery is the key element in the sonnet, obviously. The season and its weather connect to how the person in the sonnet or how the poet feels. Cold, dark and dreary weather brings to mind unpleasant things, such as death. Therefore Shakespeare uses words that relate to the season to show how death and the darkness and the drearyness of this season intertwine together to reveal a persons deeper emotions.

2.) Time and season are significant in this sonnet because of how much they can express a person's inner thoughts. For example the poet says "In me thou seest the twilight of this day" shows how that that he is using the season's imagery to express his deepest thoughts. I mean he comes right out and says hey! outside it is cold and dreary and not many birds are singing right now and inside of me it is cold and dreary and my heart isn't doing much singing either! Another reason why time and season are imporatnt is because the time he is describing his death isn't during spring with flowers and a rainbow. He describes it in a ver mournful way. His death is set in the darkest hour and believe me that does not bring to mind happy flowers dancing in the sun! In fact it brought to mind Heathcliff's death!

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