Re: Sonnet 73 (READ THIS FIRST!) -- Shakespeare's Sonnets

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Date Posted: 14:19:36 03/23/03 Sun
Author: Jordan Cogsdill
Subject: Re: Sonnet 73 (READ THIS FIRST!)
In reply to: Mrs. G. 's message, "Sonnet 73 (READ THIS FIRST!)" on 14:54:56 01/02/03 Thu

>After reading & paraphrasing Sonnet 73 on your own,
>explain the following:
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>1. How does Shakespeare's diction (word choice)
>convey the season?His word choice conveys the season by saying things such as few or none leaves hang, and upon these boughs the wind shakes it teh cold. He implies to you with his word choice that it's late fall, early winter.
>2. Why are time and season are significant in this
>sonnet? Time and season are significant in this sonnet because they are used to make a certain point to the reader. That point that he's trying to make is that since it's fall, the year is coming to an end, which also relates back to how the man's death is nearing closer. So upon knowing this him and his lover become closer and their love more powerful. Another thing that adds to this is the time of day, the sun is just setting in the west so also the day is ending relating back to how the man's life is nearing its end.
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Re: Sonnet 73 (READ THIS FIRST!) -- Zach, 15:44:43 03/23/03 Sun