Question

Read Shakespeare's "Sonnet 73" and answer the question.

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
In me thou sees 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.
In me thou seest the glowing of such fire
That on the ashes of his youth doth lie,
As the deathbed whereon it must expire,
Consumed with that which it was nourished by.
This thou perceiv'st, which makes thy love more strong,
To love that well, which thou must leave ere long.

The first stanza figuratively connects old age to _____.

spring

summer

fall

winter

Answer 1

Answer: Fall

Explanation: The first stanza (that is the first four lines or quatrain connects old age to early Winter. In such quatrain, Shakespeare's sonnet evokes the natural decay of all things through a series of images, all connected to a tree. A tree with yeallow leaves or a few of them is a common image during late Fall while a tree with no leaves at all is mostly seen in Winter. This idea is reinforced by the phrase "shake against the cold," which evokes the arrival of early Winter.

Answer 2

fall

Step-by-step explanation:

Where I live, the trees would do that in late fall or very very early winter, but only if it was a mild winter. Real winter strikes hard and all that is left is the branches.

So I'll pick fall.