Re: SONNET #73 (STUDENTS PLEASE READ!) -- Shakespeare Lessons

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Date Posted: 23:11:47 03/21/03 Fri
Author: April Trinidad
Subject: Re: SONNET #73 (STUDENTS PLEASE READ!)
In reply to: Mrs. G. (for Mrs. Moya) :-) 's message, "SONNET #73 (STUDENTS PLEASE READ!)" on 20:19:31 03/11/03 Tue

>After reading & paraphrasing Sonnet 73 on your own,
>explain the following:
>
>1. How does Shakespeare's diction (word choice) convey
>the season?
>
>2. Why are time and season are significant in this
>sonnet?
>
>Shakespeare conveys the season of early winter by writing signals that we are familiar with for the beginning of winter. "when yllow leaves, or none, or few do hang", "boughs which shake against the cold", and "bare ruined choirs where late the sweet birds sang" all depict the beginning of winter. Birds head south in the winter and the leaves fall off the trees. The setting is a transition between seasons; maybe Shakespeare was making some kind of transition at the time he wrote it. Time and season are significant in the sonnet because they represent the poet's essence and personality. It gives the reader a vivid picture and impression of the poet. Late autumn and early winter are what the person sees the poet as. "In me thou seest..." translates to "in me you see."
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Re: SONNET #73 (STUDENTS PLEASE READ!) -- Phillip Sutter, 08:33:15 03/22/03 Sat