By this point in the sonnet , he has systematically gone from the general to the specific , associating himself first with a time of year , then with a time of day , and finally with one explicit natural element . In doing so , he has effectively drawn a parallel between the waning time frames and the inevitable dwindling of his own life span Of course , Shakespeare sets up these metaphors in a way that conveys the meaning not only to the minds of...











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