Download Sonnet 73 Quatrain Analysis (Part 2) - Thomas

Part 2
Interpretation
Group 1
William Shakespeare
Sonnet 73
Quatrain I
That time of year thou mayst in me behold
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,
Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.
Interpretation (Reflection)
Questions for class discussion:
1.) What model or interpretation of time is proffered by the speaker here?
2.) To whom does the speaker ascribe the perceptions described here?
3.) How does this inform your own perception of the speaker, the addressee, and time?
4.) Is there any possibility that this is an instance of self-analysis and reflection?
Part 2
Interpretation
Group 2
William Shakespeare
Sonnet 73
Quatrain II
In me thou see'st the twilight of such day
As after sunset fadeth in the west;
Which by and by black night doth take away,
Death's second self, that seals up all in rest.
Interpretation (Reflection)
Questions for class discussion:
1.) What model or interpretation of time is proffered by the speaker here?
2.) To whom does the speaker ascribe the perceptions described here?
3.) How does this inform your own perception of the speaker, the addressee, and time?
4.) Is there any possibility that this is an instance of self-analysis and reflection?
Part 2
Interpretation
Group 3
William Shakespeare
Sonnet 73
Quatrain III
In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire,
That on the ashes of his youth doth lie,
As the death-bed, whereon it must expire,
Consum'd with that which it was nourish'd by.
Interpretation (Reflection)
Questions for class discussion:
1.) What model or interpretation of time is proffered by the speaker here?
2.) To whom does the speaker ascribe the perceptions described here?
3.) How does this inform your own perception of the speaker, the addressee, and time?
4.) Is there any possibility that this is an instance of self-analysis and reflection?