TOPIC: Welcome to the Week 12 discussion. Shakespeare’s sonnets can be pretty co

TOPIC: Welcome to the Week 12 discussion. Shakespeare’s sonnets can be pretty complicated–not least because they are written in 17th-century English! In Sonnet 73, he uses images of the season Fall (Autumn), twilight, and a dying fire. What senses (sight/touch/taste/smell/hearing) do these images cause you to experience in your mind, and–a harder question–how are these sense experiences related to what the poem communicates?
Note: This forum is for the discussion of *your own* thoughts and ideas. Please do not research your responses. No one is expected to be an expert.
Week 12 Reading: Shakespeare, Sonnet 73
Vocabulary for Shakespeare, Sonnet 73


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