'THAT TIME OF YEAR THOU MAYST IN ME BEHOLD' is sonnet number 73 in the sonnet sequence of William Shakespeare. This is addressed to the poet's friend and patron. The poet is in a thoughtful and sad mood. He is influenced by the feelings of age, decay and death. Thoughts of approaching death make the poet sad. He imagines the time when he will become as bare as a ruined tree becomes after the end of spring. He thinks that this will increase his friend's love for him
The poet is very sad and depressed. He thinks constantly of his death. Thoughts of his coming death make him very sad. The poet sadly imagines the time when he will become as bare as a ruined tree becomes after the end of spring. A few yellow leaves hang upon its branches which tremble in the cold wintry wind. He then compares himself with the fading light of a day turning into a black night. He then imagines sadly that the heat of the fire of youth is getting reduced because the fire is burning itself out. Soon he will die
However, he hopes that this sight will increase his friend's love for him as he will soon die Shakespeare has created this mood. He was not so old when he wrote this sonnet. But he has made a very convincing portrait of himself. He is seen as a sad,unhappy,weak old man who remembers the happy days that are no more.
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