Sonnet 73: Important Quotes
William Shakespeare
Important
"Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang." (- Autumn Metaphor)
"Death's second self, that seals up all in rest." (Twilight/Sleep Metaphor)
"Consumed with that which it was nourish'd by." (Fire/Youth Metaphor),/"To love that well which thou must leave ere long." (Central Theme)
Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang."
1. The Image of Autumn
"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 ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang."
2. The Twilight of Life
"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."
3. The Dying Fire
"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,
Consumed with that which it was nourish'd by."
The Conclusion (Love)
"This thou perceiv'st, which makes thy love more strong,
To love that well which thou must leave ere long."
"I sit in the top of the wood, my eyes closed."
"Inaction, no falsifying dream"
"Between my hooked head and hooked feet:
Or in sleep rehearse perfect kills and eat."
"It took the whole of Creation
To produce my foot, my each feather:
Now I hold Creation in my foot"
"I kill where I please because it is all mine.
There is no sophistry in my body:
My manners are tearing off heads -"
"The allotment of death.
For the one path of my flight is direct
Through the bones of the living."
"The sun is behind me.
Nothing has changed since I began.
I am going to keep things like this."
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