Poetic Form Sonnet 73

Sonnet 73

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

I can see my life coming to an end.
As the sun sets in the west.
Night after night his youth fades away.
Death is the last step to finish life.

In Sonnet 73 by William Shakespeare is an appropriate poem to discuss poetic form. I will analysis his second quatrain and how it uses poetic form. The iambic pentameter is the following: ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. This is an Shakespearean sonnet which has three quatrains followed by a heroic couplet.

The writer is portraying the image of death in his sonnet. "See'st the twilight of such day," prefers to seeing the end of the day, which will turn to night. The life of a young man is coming to a sudden end because his life is meaningless. His youth goes away day by day, since he is not taking advantage of his life.

The rhyme scheme also portrays a dramatic effect with the change of day to night. It refers to night as death's second hand man, also their is a lot of emphasis dealing with youth and death. The commas used in the quatrain help the reader understand the meaning of the poem.