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Explication of Sonnet 73
Title: Explication of Sonnet 73
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 493 | Pages: 2.1 (approximately 235 words/page)
Explication of Sonnet 73
Explication of Sonnet 73
The central theme of Shakespeare’s Sonnet 73 is that of agape. The friendship sonnets trace true friendships based on agape. In Sonnet 73, the poet is preparing his friend for the death of his youth and passion, metaphorically speaking.
In the first quatrain, the poet compares himself to autumn. These references establish what the poet thinks the young man sees as the young man looks at him. Like the changing colors and the …showed first 75 words of 493 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 493 total…poet is about to die, yet is still standing faithfully by his side. This makes the poet love the young man more deeply and not want to take him for granted. “To love that well which thou must ere long” means that the young man is now fully aware of the poet’s soon coming death, and thus, the young man’s love for the poet gets stronger because he knows will soon lose him.
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