The message that is being portrayed in this sonnet is that we should cherish every day we have here on earth because our life could change as quickly as the seaons change. One minute it is fall now and everything is beautiful. However, winter is coming soon and death will take over all the beautiful things like trees for instance. In the beginning of the sonnet, the time of year is fall. The leaves are beginning to fall off the trees because it is getting colder, but it has not turned to winter yet. Then it begins to describe how it gets dark during the winter and nature is taken over by death. In the sonnet there is a line that stands out to me. " 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." This stands out to me because it paints a picture in my mind. I see an image of the fall sun being swallowed up by darkness because of the change of seasons from fall to winter.
I think that this is very true because I know from personal experience that we need to cherish every moment we have with the ones we love. I regret not being there with him when he died and I know the rest of my family feels the same way. We always loved him and willl remember the wonderful memories we have with him, but it is not the same after we lose a loved one. When my grandpa died, my family literally fell apart. It is like the leaves falling off the trees because we all lost touch and drifted gradually apart from each other. Like the change of seasons, there is always a change in someone's life when one of their loved ones dies. Also, much like the change from fall to winter, we have to hope that something good will come out of something bad. When it changes to winter, we know that for the next couple of months there will be rough patches like slick ice on the ground, but when spring comes everything is good again.
