...structure, often configured in conven* Familiar examples are the lines from Shakespeare's Sonnet 73 ("In me thou seest the twilight of such day / As after sunset fadeth in the west"); the famous soliloquy in Macbeth, act 5, scene 1, spoken by Macbeth just before his death ("Out, out,...

...of everyday conventional thought). Let's take the following lines from one of Shakespeare's sonnets: In me thou seest the twilight of such day As after...away, Death's second self that seals up all in rest. These lines combine at least five everyday conceptual metaphors: LIGHT IS A SUBSTANCE, EVENTS ARE ACTIONS,...

...leaues, or none, or few doe hange Vpon those boughes which shake against the could, Bare rn'wd quiers, where late the sweet birds sang. In me thou seest...after Sun-set fadeth in the West, Which by and by blacke night doth take away, Deaths second selfe that seals vp all in rest. In me thou seest the glowing...

...west, Which hy and hy hlack night doth take away, Death's serond self, that seals up all in res1. lu me thou seest the glowing of such fire That on the ashes of his youth doth lie, 10 As the death-hed whercon it must espire, Consumed with that which it was nourished hy. This thou...

...That time of year thou may'st in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruin'd choirs where late the sweet birds sang . . . (73) Shakespeare could not, whatever the date of composition, have been so old as that, but he...

...yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruined choirs* where late the sweet birds sang, In me, thou...such day 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, In me thou see'st...

...her. That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruin'd choirs,...doth lie, As the death-bed whereon it must expire, Consum'd with that which it was nourish'd by. This thou perceiv'st which makes thy love more strong,...

...yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. In me thou...take away, Death's second self, that seals up all the rest. In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire, That on the ashes of his youth doth lie, As the...

...innobles. THAT time ofyear thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, orfew, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruin'd choirs,...the sweet birds sang. In me thou seest the twilight ofsuch day As after sunset fadeth in the west, Which by and by black night doth take away, Death's...

...over, That time of year thou mayst in me behold When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. William Shakespeare The golden flowers of Kerria japonica lie waiting to emerge in spring. adding generous...