Question

Rhyme Scheme and Rhythm in a Sonnet by William Shakespeare

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Determining Central Ideas


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Read the second quatrain of "Sonnet 73." and then


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In me thou seest 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.


- "Sonnet 73,"


William Shakespeare


What is the best paraphrase of these lines?


What is the central idea of these lines?

Answer 1

- I am like a day at twilight, slowly becoming dark

-The speaker is getting older

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