Sonnet 731

William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 73 That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. In me thou see'st the twilight of such day As after sunset fadeth in the west, Which by-and-by black night doth take away, Death's second self, that seals up all in rest. In me thou see'st …

…sited to represent something similar to its meaning. This sonnet can be made into one of Shakespeare’s famous plays but he has isolated it to be fifteen lines, and very effective due to the theme, imagery, and wordplay that is expressed and displayed throughout the sonnet. Works Cited Kennedy, X.J. and Gioia, Dana. Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama. New York: Longman, 2000 Prince, John S. “Shakespeare's Sonnet 73.” Explicator Vol. 55 Issue 4, p197