Question

In "Sonnet 73," How does the poet use descriptions of the last golden leaves on a tree and the last flames of a dying fire to reflect irony?

Answer 1

"Sonnet 73" is a very touching sonnet specially for anyone who has felt the passage of time too quickly, and the need to cling to youth, life and experiences much stronger. This sonnet uses winter, night and a dying fire as metaphors for the inevitable approach of Death. The narrator opens the poem comparing the passage of his life to the fall season, which quickly fades into the cold and sterile winter. He also compares his dwindling time with common motifs such as twilight, and the embers of a fire that once roared.

Answer 2

The poet uses descriptions of the last golden leaves on a tree and the last flames of a dying fire to reflect irony because They both signify that at whatever point an experience ends, our ability to understand it abruptly changes.

Step-by-step explanation:

The question is not complete since it does not provide the options to answer it, here are the options:

A. Both emphasize that the manner in which lives are conducted will determine what will influence others.

B. Their meanings highlight that when something beautiful diminishes, one’s attachment to it is strengthened.

C. They both signify that at whatever point an experience ends, our ability to understand it abruptly changes.

D. Their meanings demonstrate that what impresses most at the end of life is usually found in examples from nature.

The sonnet 73 by William Shakespeare gives a representation of the feeling everyone has at the moment of realizing that something is coming to an end, then is when we can see all the things that had to happen in order to get to the current moment as well as all the beauty of the past experiences and the process of seeing them go.