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Sonnet 73: That time of year thou mayst in me behold - Coggle Diagram
Sonnet 73: That time of year thou mayst in me behold
Structures
this poem has 14 lines
Rhyme scheme
ABAB
CDCD
EFEF
GG
iambic pentameter
genre
lyric
type
sonnet
imagery
autumn leaves : says that hes dying
twilight:end of life
dying fire: representing final stage of life
point of view : first person
firgurative language
metaphor
yellow leaves : end of a leave (life)
personification
death second self : telling us that night is the time for death or rest
Main ideas
reading strategies
Summarizing
telling the most important part of the story
re reading
reading the text more than 1 time to identify the main idea
synthesyzing
taking background knowledge., connections and more into one text
main idea
process of aging and the approach of death.
Subject Matter
pov
first person
In me thou mayst behold
first person pov : "me"
In me thou see'st
first person pov : "me"
Meaning of the figurative language
Metaphor
Yellow leaves
this means getting older just like leaves turn yellow in the fall before they die
Bare ruin’d choirs
talks abt old choir, this image shows how life has lost its energy and is nearing end
Twilight of such day
twilight is the time just before night so this means the end of life
personification
Death's second self
the poet says night as being like death, as night ends the day ends life this shows how night and death are times to die
imagery
autumn, twilight, fire
used to symbolize getting older and approaching death