Sonnet 73: Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFGF HH| That time of year thou mayst in me behold | A |
| When yellow leaves or none or few do hang | B |
| Upon those boughs which shake against the cold | A |
| Bare ruin'd choirs where late the sweet birds sang | B |
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| In me thou see'st the twilight of such day | C |
| As after sunset fadeth in the west | D |
| Which by and by black night doth take away | C |
| Death's second self that seals up all in rest | D |
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| In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire | E |
| That on the ashes of his youth doth lie | F |
| As the death bed whereon it must expire | G |
| Consum'd with that which it was nourish'd by | F |
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| This thou perceiv'st which makes thy love more strong | H |
| To love that well which thou must leave ere long | H |
William Shakespeare
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