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That Time of Year Thou May'st in Me Behold, Analyzed

            Title of Work: That time of year thou may'st in me behold.
            
             During William Shakespeare's That time of year thou may'st in me behold, life and its youthful passion faces depletion symbolized by an autumn day. A time in the author's life is observed when few yellow leaves or none at all because of the decaying breeze stripping the branches bare. The branches shiver against the cold, as in anticipation for something to come in the writer's eye. These same boughs are notably abandoned of the sweet sounding birds that earlier sang there. The author has this gloomy feeling of twilight within as the sun sets to the west and darkness quickly closes around the remaining light of the day, so too does death close around him. There are now only embers that lie upon the ashes remaining from the writer's flame of youth. His youth must die, consumed by that which once fed it. This is sensed and it makes love more determined to care more deeply that which must be given up before long.
             The main ideas and thoughts behind this poem include the destructive effects that time has on one's physical well-being and the mental hardships associated with moving further from youth and closer to death. Thinking of his own mortality, Shakespeare speaks of death, maybe not only literal death of the body but of the youth and passion once expressed. The author seems to stress the importance of youth because it doesn't last forever. It makes the reader ponder desires, passions, and aspirations that will be lost with age and time. .
             Throughout this poem there are many ways in which Shakespeare provides the reader with vivid pictures and clear understanding of what the meaning of the piece is. Symbolism is a major literary convention used consistently. For instance, the symbol of the tree, weathered on a cold, autumn day represents the writer and what he is experiencing. To picture this vision of a tree losing leaves, baring against a cold wind, and the loss of birds who once sang there is a definite sensory image that relates to the idea of death.


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