English Literature / Unit 7 ENL 0605 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Sonnet 73
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The idea
"That time of year thou mayst in me behold": the speaker compares his age to late autumn, to twilight, and to a dying fire on its ashes. The couplet turns to the listener, whose love grows stronger because the end is near.
In practice
Autumn, twilight, embers, then the turn.
Where people slip
The three images shrink in time.
Your place on the trail
Every lesson rests on earlier ones and opens later ones. Tap any to jump.
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