Sonnet 73 is divided into three quatrains and a couplet. Its rhyme scheme is ABAB CDCD EFEF GG. It is a love sonnet, which also covers ageing, dying and death. The sonnet is written in Iambic Pentameter. Caesura occurs in the 2nd, 4th, 8th and 13th line. These brief pauses in the sonnet contribute to the overall effect it has on the reader. Enjambment is on the 1st, 2nd and 5th line. In each the sentence is finished on the next line.
             The images that come to mind when reading the sonnet are: Yellow
             leaves falling from trees. Branches blowing in the wind, Birds singing in a derelict church, twilight and then night, a sunset fading in the background and a glowing fire with ashes scattered over it.
             The author uses repetition a few times in the sonnet. He also uses short descriptive words. I found that the words used give the sonnet a melloncholly feeling. Words such as yellow leaves, bare ruin'd, fadeth, ashes, expire and comsum'd makes you think of things that used to be full of vitality but have since been worn away and are now just a memory of what they once were.
             The author is addressing the sonnet to a loved one, maybe a partner or relative. The way in which the sonnet is set out makes me think that the author's tone when writing this was somber. He is regretting the loss of his youth and coming to terms with dying.
             There are four main metaphors used in the sonnet. Aging, Dying, Death and Love.
             The first quatrain is about aging. The author used the metaphor of autumn to stand for his progression in years, just like the leaves change and fall from the trees, the author has changed and lost his youth.
             The second quatrain is about dying. The author states a comparison of his aging to a sunset. Sunset represents dying. He also compares night to death.
             The third quatrain is about death. The author speaks of his youth as being on a death bed of ashes. He is also suggesting the person is nearing th
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