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

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Date Posted: 16:37:49 03/20/03 Thu
Author: Elizabeth peptenar
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:
>
>1. How does Shakespeare's diction (word choice)
>convey the season?
>When shakespeare uses "yellow leaves" and writes that few of them hang and it's cold, shows that it's fall, because leaves turn yellow when its fall, theres not many leaves in fall because they fall down, and in fall it starts to turn cold.
>2. Why are time and season are significant in this
>sonnet?
>Time and season are significant in this poem, because he is compared to the season and the time.In time he will die and it is fall when the leaves and beauty of nature starts to fade away, just like he will.
>
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Re: Sonnet 73 (READ THIS FIRST!) -- a dawg (andy rysdam), 17:31:16 03/20/03 Thu

Re: Sonnet 73 (READ THIS FIRST!) -- Mrs. G., 13:43:48 03/23/03 Sun

Re: Sonnet 73 (READ THIS FIRST!) -- Jonathan Arrington, 19:02:59 03/23/03 Sun