Sonnet 73
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Sonnet 73 is one of William Shakespeare’s most famous sonnets, reflecting on aging, mortality, and the deepening of love in the face of time’s decay.
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English sonnet
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Shakespearean sonnet ⓘ lyric poem ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| addressedTo | a beloved youth (traditional interpretation) ⓘ |
| author | William Shakespeare NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closingCouplet | This thou perceiv’st, which makes thy love more strong, / To love that well which thou must leave ere long. ⓘ |
| collectionPosition | Sonnet 73 in the 1609 sequence NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | England ⓘ |
| firstLine | That time of year thou mayst in me behold ⓘ |
| focus | speaker's sense of approaching old age ⓘ |
| genre | love sonnet ⓘ |
| hasQuatrain1Image | late autumn or early winter ⓘ |
| hasQuatrain2Image | twilight after sunset ⓘ |
| hasQuatrain3Image | glowing embers on a dying fire ⓘ |
| imagery |
autumn
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bare ruined choirs ⓘ dying fire ⓘ twilight ⓘ |
| interpretation | love grows stronger when confronted with the awareness of death ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryDevice |
alliteration
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anaphora ⓘ imagery ⓘ metaphor ⓘ personification ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | English Renaissance NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| meter | iambic pentameter ⓘ |
| numberOfLines | 14 ⓘ |
| partOf |
Quarto of 1609
NERFINISHED
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Shakespeare's sonnets NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| period | Elizabethan era NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GG ⓘ |
| structure | three quatrains and a final couplet ⓘ |
| theme |
acceptance of death
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aging ⓘ deepening of love in the face of mortality ⓘ fear of loss ⓘ love ⓘ mortality ⓘ time ⓘ transience of life ⓘ |
| tone |
meditative
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melancholic ⓘ tender ⓘ |
| usesMetaphor |
burning embers to represent the end of life
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fading light to represent nearing death ⓘ seasonal decline to represent aging ⓘ |
| volta | occurs in the final couplet ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.