"This thou perceivest, which makes thy love more strong,
To love that well which thou must leave ere long."
William Shakespeare's poem is an example of a sonnet. The poem has a rhyming pattern of abab cdcd efef gg. The quote above is the couple at the end of the poem. Each of the quatrains introduce different images. The first image is of fall because it describes "yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang." When I read this line, I pictured different colored leaves and little to no leaves on a tree because it is fall. Then the second image is of the fading sunset. And the last image is a deathbed. All these images seem to be about death and hope fading away.
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