Read sonnet 73 by William Shakespeare. Analyse the following aspects of the poem; form, imagery, diction and voice, paying attention to the way in which these features contribute to the poem.
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Sonnet 73 develops the theme of aging and death through richly eloquent imagery condensed into a tightly packed form. The love between Shakespeare and his ward, to who the poem is dedicated, is closely demonstrated throughout the poem and finalised with the final epigram.
The sonnet can split into three quatrains with an ending rhyming couplet, with each line conforming to the pattern of iambic pentameter. The rhyme scheme followed is that, which was introduced by …
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…an understanding of the subject as an elderly experienced scholar. As it is Shakespeare speaking to his ward he is declaring what the ward must perceive of him. 'In me thou see'st…' is repeated twice. Yet he respects and is comforted by his ward's unrelenting love. Through his rich imagery to describe the abstract feelings of aging we are drawn into Shakespeare's feelings, patient of death, which is to become of us all.
…an understanding of the subject as an elderly experienced scholar. As it is Shakespeare speaking to his ward he is declaring what the ward must perceive of him. 'In me thou see'st…' is repeated twice. Yet he respects and is comforted by his ward's unrelenting love. Through his rich imagery to describe the abstract feelings of aging we are drawn into Shakespeare's feelings, patient of death, which is to become of us all.
