Shakespeare's Sonnet 73 -- That time of year

[@hallecastellanos1063]

This is going to get me through exams. Thanks!

[@sl33pwalk3r]

Fantastic video. "It's a tender goodbye." Thank you!

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Ignacio Alvarez You're welcome! I appreciate your kind words. :-)

[@cafepoem189]

Thank you for this thorough analysis of Sonnet 73.🙏 Looking forward to more of your literary analyses!

[@yashsrihari]

Hi Six minute scholar...I liked your explaination its was nice...and i have written this because i just want to explain that "Consum'd with that which it was nourish'd by" which you found difficult to explain...Actually the line means that Fire has taken birth by the help of fuel thats wood its has been ignited only because of the nourishment of wood and it has started burning but now fire is burning and destroying even the wood into ashes...It has no feeling towards its nourished one..And it has just destroying the one that has given it nourishment...This line was explained by my teacher and i understood and i just told it...

[@volgamalwewa9425]

Your explanation seems very nice and through it I'd like to say that what it ironically means is that nature, which nourishes the living beings from birth till death, at last, consumes them by making the bodies decay and turn to soil. I saw that Shakespeare had used this idea in Hamlet as well in act IV scene III.

[@IanMcGarrett]

My first impression was that he is speaking to a lover, an impression largely influenced by the fact that this poem was in the midst of other poems which are addressed to a lover. If we strip it of that bias, perhaps it could equally be addressed to a son or daughter caring for an aged parent, or to the appreciative audience of a poet who is delivering his final farewell.

[@shobhaswadi9935]

Ma'am thank you so much. I was so touched by the end of the poem. I read this sonnet many times but, your beautiful explanation made me to Learn even more about this poem. Thank you once again ma'am💐😇

[@DAVIDSTEPHENS8]

What strikes one so forcibly is how relevant Shakespeare"s poems remain.Thanks!

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Yes, so true!

[@stenka25]

+David Stephens Right. 100% right.

[@gabicreightonbooksetc.]

@David Stevens, I totally agree. Shakespeare’s poems are timeless as your statement is.🙏🏽🌸

[@leowald1]

Thank you very much for helping me to understand the poem. For me, the third quartrain tells me that death is a continuous process and begins when you are born; life is like a fire, and passed experiences are ashes. At the end the fire (=life) is only glowing on the bed of ashes (past experiences), life is only a glow but passed experiences are numerous. When you mourn someone whose ashes you know, you experience stronger love.

[@apdmont]

Outstanding analysis. Thank you very much, Rebecca, best wishes!

[@tonytynan1955]

Every time I read a new Shakespeare sonnet I always look for your take on it. You really give a good down to earth insight, I look fore to finding more of your thoughts on other Shakespeare sonnets

[@cafepoem189]

[@johngriest5380]

BTW, I am a retired English teacher who am, myself, ar that adage of life. I also appreciate the additional historical references you provided your students/audience. Again, I say weil done!

[@Razoo-4]

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[@abooswalehmosafeer173]

Therapeutic balming solace dear Rebecca you are such a treasure a Gem..please keep enlightening me and 'us'....

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Aboo Swaleh Mosafeer Thank you so much for your generous praise and encouragement!

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Ah, good point! You're saying that the beloved already understands that the speaker's death is near. Line thirteen supports that, saying "This thou perceivest." Does the beloved know it before line thirteen? Maybe the knowledge is dawning as the poem unfolds. Because line one says, "mayst," I wonder whether the knowledge has truly sunk in yet.

[@nedmonaghan6120]

Touche Melissa, very very good. Thanks, Ned

[@preethikoona3636]

I always get fascinated by the way u explain...!! you explain so beautifully! thanks a lot mam!!

[@ishmaelforester9825]

'bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang' Arguably the greatest single line in English poetry, I mean poetry from England. Apart from its raw beauty, it suggests the rape of the monasteries and the old Church and the ruins that Henry VIII left all over England that are still there to this day. A very poignant line in terms of English history.

[@dasunperamuna8945]

This is very important to me. Thank you very much.

[@ravennafredericks1917]

This is a beautiful poem, you have to understand it to really see it.

[@ishmaelforester9825]

What strikes me about this great sonnet is how better it is when a man recites with a measure of rage and rebellion. Then it becomes punk rock five hundred years early. It is about burning out in the flames and waste of your own passion. as nature does in her inevitable cycles of death and resurrection. It has more than a hint of Shakespeare's profound irony and sardonic wit as exhibited in his legendary tragedies. I honestly do not think it is as tender and gentle as you suggest. It's all about how you deliver it, like the character of Hamlet. Great video and well broken down .

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Ishmael Forester Interesting! Thanks for that perspective!

[@gabicreightonbooksetc.]

Aah @Ishmael Forester! The beauty of poetry and the many perspectives it lends.

[@lachiquilla01]

What an interesting analysis! I especially loved your explanation of the play on words of "leave" from the couplet and the yellow "leaves" in the first quatrain. I hope you do more on Shakespeare! Thank you!

[@johngriest5380]

Excellent presentation! What I would expect from an experienced educator. I would like to suggest an additional facet. To me, in addition to your perspectives, I see the writer as being comfortably at the acceptance stage with his own pending demise and, as you said, trying to help his loved one have their separation less painful. People die, but love doesn't have to. Love can leaf out, in a different form, after the physical death of a loved one. Thus the sonnet is also one of hope.

[@1234IZM]

Thanks for this. I just finished reading Kate Wilhelm's sci-fi book, Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang, and was trying to understand this sonnet, which of course is where the book title originated

[@Anushka_Sinha]

Thanks a lot for the explanation. It is going to help me a lot in my studies.

[@winniewang3846]

This explanation is amazing!!I appreciate it very much!!!

[@krishna_sus]

Finally someone explaining in English

[@Akashdeep-kd5mf]

That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. In me thou see'st 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. In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire, That on the ashes of his youth doth lie, As the deathbed whereon it must expire, Consumed with that which it was nourished by. This thou perceiv'st, which makes thy love more strong, To love that well which thou must leave ere long.

[@shahabsamkan4027]

thank you so much. you broke open the poems so thoroughly. this is my favorite channel on youtube

[@SixMinuteScholar]

You're welcome! And thanks so much!

[@IanMcGarrett]

You state that the speaker is revealing to his love that his days are numbered, but that isn't the case... the speaker is acknowledging that his love already knows that he hasn't long to live and because of that her love for him is all the more precious.

[@debbiesamuel4090]

Hello Do you see references to Macbeth "Death's second self" and "seels up" in Macbeth "come seeling night" and to King Lear in not only Lear's aging process and mental decline, but also in the moment that he is parted by death, from Cordelia. Do you also see any references in "choirs" to Cymbeline - "our cage, we make a choir, as doth the prisoned bird" Debbie

[@mokhtarzeboudj5086]

Thank you so much for your help 😍

[@gouthams9907]

I imagine shakspeare's IQ will be more than Einsteins..And our IQ who understand this poem without any help will be more than him

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Gautham.s Shankar Haha! I KNOW my IQ isn't on level with these giants, so I do need help understanding these poems too. I am learning the language of Shakespeare better and better, but I study and discuss these poems with other scholars to squeeze out all the meanings. 400 years has made it more difficult to grasp all the allusions and jokes which would have been easy for Shakespeare's audience. Keep in mind that he was popular -- like JK Rowling! -- in his day. Everyone understood his plays, in particular.

[@Stephanie-rg5ln]

this was such a brilliant analysis of the sonnet! great!

[@visaophainhoAchtM]

I love this analysis so much. Thank you

[@obze9594]

bless your soul

[@sufyankhot7520]

Great analysis

[@rosagonzalez7410]

Thank you! So helpful!

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Interesting! I will have to look at that. What a great idea! Thank you. This opens up a new window on the poem for me. Cool!

[@fidamannu9355]

Fab .... Very cleary and imaginary explanation....

[@SixMinuteScholar]

You are kind. Thanks!

[@pranitaksh2487]

I am so happy with the explanation. I could understand every part and every line. Thank you so much.

[@lanchuimahongnao]

Sonnet 73: That time of year thou mayst in me behold BY WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. In me thou see'st 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. In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire That on the ashes of his youth doth lie, As the death-bed whereon it must expire, Consum'd with that which it was nourish'd by. This thou perceiv'st, which makes thy love more strong, To love that well which thou must leave ere long.

[@stenka25]

Thanka a lot, you gave me a much more clear interpretation of this sad and insightful peom than the one I have in Korean translation.

[@sampathjayakody9883]

Thank you very much

[@abooswalehmosafeer173]

I love you Madam you bring this sonnet close to me as on my own I would never have had such intimacy with this sonnet. Thanks Mam.

[@rajithadeshapriya6262]

great one thanks a lot

[@manasmallik6426]

Appreciate your work....love it...very helpful for me thanks for this great video :)

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Manas Mallik I'm so glad. Thank you for your kind words!

[@manasmallik6426]

Urwelcome plz keep making more I love to watch :)

[@PoliteMbowa-eb4zr]

Thank you

[@PeopleInPro]

I am confused a little bit, I saw somewhere that it's about old age. But I am learning here that it's about death

[@volgamalwewa9425]

It's about both. The process of ageing followed by death. Just like twilight (old age) followed by night (death)

[@Dudu-jc6kg]

big thumbs up

[@HotaruJuno]

Anyone here a day before exam..

[@athulashok1935]

Meee

[@HotaruJuno]

Best of luck to u, i wrote well Because of her

[@gregoryrichmond5304]

Good job

[@micahjones8315]

thanks, helped a lot

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Glad it helped! I know it -- those white letters on white. Darn. Black didn't work either. Lol. You're welcome!

[@gabicreightonbooksetc.]

@SixMinuteScholar, this comment seemed strange at first, but I believe it was meant to address the comment of @A Mahe - perhaps 🤔.

[@sujatakb6775]

Thank u very much mam👏👏👏👏👏

[@YourNumber1Stalker]

This video helps so much, thank you.

[@1lakhesar]

Thanks for elaboration, madam .

[@educationhunger]

Fabulous

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Educational Teacher Thanks very much!

[@yorkcity55]

A little confused on the third quatrain me thinks...

[@damirudharmadasa8612]

Thank You soo much, i finally understand the sonnet, great analysis!! Thnx

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Damiru Dharmadasa You're very welcome!!

[@MAHEZENVAKEZUNIT46]

Wow. This was helpful... Subtitles were brilliant.. although it did blend in to your sweater.. Lol.. Thanks

[@dileshalgama]

🙏🏽

[@ashwathchoudari4272]

super

[@sarahs3648]

Can you write the summary so that I could translate it into Arabic

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Sarah s Aw, sorry! I don't have time for that. But try watching the "close captions" and see if my words appear on your screen. Hope that works!

[@sarahs3648]

SixMinuteScholar Thank you and can I ask a question?

[@miladkhosravi8768]

Great

[@IanMcGarrett]

I thing he might be being mildly ironic in his choice of mayst in the first line. Or it is possible his beloved might not see things in the same poetic fashion as he.

[@ishappajoladishappajolad9883]

Nice mam

[@danushiperera2446]

Thank you so much...this helped ALOT!

[@SixMinuteScholar]

Danushi Perera I am so glad!

[@pontuspanflojt]

Thanks for this video.

[@SixMinuteScholar]

You're welcome!

[@nedmonaghan6120]

My apologies Rebecca. Got your name wrong,. Ned

[@magnerchristin5881]

it's very interesting class!!

[@sunlight4547]

Thank yooou a lot ♥️🔥🙏🙏🙏

[@SixMinuteScholar]

aljory alamieri You're welcome!

[@manjunathkadla2527]

Sorry but I don't understand your language 😫😜😴😓

[@Thenses]

*stutter*

[@Dudu-jc6kg]

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[@ieshiaguillory6685]

Thank you so much