... men can breathe or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and gives life to thee." In Sonnet 97, Shakespeare also uses one of the four seasons as a metaphor. Instead of being a poem of admiration, Sonnet 97 is a poem about the separation from this person he loves. In this poem, Shakespeare ... year! / What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen!". Even though it is presently autumn, and autumn is considered the most beautiful of all the seasons, he feels dark and empty inside because they have been separated. To him, it is as cold and as barren as the winter. He has lost ... on the tre...

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... men can breathe or eyes can see, / So long lives this, and gives life to thee." In Sonnet 97, Shakespeare also uses one of the four seasons as a metaphor. Instead of being a poem of admiration, Sonnet 97 is a poem about the separation from this person he loves. In this poem, Shakespeare ... year! / What freezings have I felt, what dark days seen!". Even though it is presently autumn, and autumn is considered the most beautiful of all the seasons, he feels dark and empty inside because they have been separated. To him, it is as cold and as barren as the winter. He has lost ... on the tre...

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• Grade Level: High School

... , tiger_. It offers us examples of the ravages of time. In the 2nd quatrain ; the poet is conscious of the passing of Time as it's mentioned the process of the seasons and doesn't think he can hold back Time, and therefore allows it to do whatever he wishes. At the end of this quatrain there's a change imposing Time a temporary prohibition. The ... the poet is perceived because tiem cannot be stopped, whatever we do. The couplet is used as a turning point to tell us that immortal youth can be achieved for "my love-- the young man- by means of verses in his poetry. There's a clear relatio...

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... progress through the aging process and finally meet death. The realization that death could place its final verdict on our lives is a scenario that we all know could take place today or tomorrow. William Shakespeare in Sonnet 73 utilizes many clever metaphors in his description of how he would feel when ... mark the end of autumn and the beginning of winter. In these lines, the changing of seasons from autumn symbolizes Shakespeare's loss of his youthful qualities that he once held to changing into an old man waiting for his death. Bare tree limbs, stripped of any leaves can also represe...

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