A Comparison Between Shakespeare’s Sonnet 73 And
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... y love more strong, To love that well which thou must leave ere long", are the writer´s last words to his love. He explains that she must love him very much if she knows that he is leaving her forever, as love must be very strong to survive death. The message of these last two lines is that death cannot be prevented and love is extremely unlikely to survive it.
The second sonnet, Sonnet 12, unlike Sonnet 73 contains an octave, 8 lines for observation, followed by a sestet, 6 lines for reflection. The iambic pentametres in this sonnet are like the ticking of a clock to show time passing. The first line presents the passing of time and how the writer sits and waits for it to pass. "When I do count the clock that tells the time". In the second line, the word "brave" describes the day as being glorious, and the word "hideous", the night as being dark and spooky. &q ...
