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ofYear,"isoneofthemanysonnetsthatShakespearewroteItisalsoknownas"Sonnet73""InWesternliterary traditions,sonnetshaveplayedanimportantrolebecauseoftheworksofauthorssuchasFrancescoPetrarca (Petrarch)andWilliamShakespeare,"(Weagly,2016)"TheTimeofYear"(Sonnet73)byWilliamShakespeare, conveysthethemethattheideaoflosingsomeonecouldcreateastrongerfeelingoflovewhiletheyarelivinghere onEarth.Allsonnetsarewritteninaspecificpattern...

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upbeforelong--hisyouthorhisfriend?Theanswercouldlieintheinterpretationofboththeyoungman'sandthe poet'scharacterinothersonnets*****Sonnets71-74aretypicallyanalyzedasagroup,linkedbythepoet's thoughtsofhisownmortality.However,Sonnet73containsmanyofthethemescommonthroughouttheentire bodyofsonnets,includingtheravagesoftimeonone'sphysicalwell-beingandthementalanguishassociatedwith movingfurtherfromyouthandclosertodeath...

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totheItalianThemaininterestinGrevillehasbeenfocusednotonhisclosetdramassuchashissonnetsequence "Caelica,"butonhisrelationshipwiththeSidneycircle.Sonnets1through76of"Caelica"appeartobewritten after1577,whenGrevilleandhistwootherfriendswereexperimentingwithverseformsTherivalrybetween SidneyandGrevillewasfriendlyandthetitlesoftheirsonnetsequencegavetherevealofthisrivalry.Sidney's mistressisasinglestar(Stella);Grevilleaddresses

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In"SonnetII,"byMillay,thespeakerdescribeshowtimehasgoneonandshestillmissesherformerboyfriend Similartothat,in"Sonnet73,"byShakespeare,thespeakerdescribeshowtimehasgoneon,takinghisyouth awayOverall,throughtheuseofgloomyimageryandadrearytone,ShakespeareandMillaypresenttime's negativeeffectsonaperson,withintheirdismalsonnetsMillayandShakespeareenforceintotheaudiencethe negativeeffectstimehasonapersonafterawhilein"Sonnet...

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thehumanheartexperiencesinlifeThisisespeciallyshowninhisvastcollectionofsonnetswhichexemplified the"carpediem"ideologyoftheperiod,andthelovethatonecanhaveforanotherTwoofthemostfamousof Shakespeare'sworks,Sonnet55[NotMarble,northegildedmonuments]andsonnet116[Letmenottothe marriageoftrueminds],arenoexceptiontothisthemeinpoetryBothofthesesonnetsexemplifythelovethatthe narratorhasforamistressinhislife,andhowhedefines...

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