When I shall see thee frown on my defects,

When as thy love hath cast his utmost sum,

/
U I / UI / U I/ U I / U
Called to that audit by advis'd respects;

Against that time when thou shalt strangely pass,

Trochaic
Pentameter

Consonance:
Emphasizing
the war with
time, and also
how foreignfeeling the
aging process
is.
Time (cont.):
Time is used as
an allusion;
referencing
Chronos, the
god of time,
and how he is
controlling the
poets aging.

And scarcely greet me with that sun, thine eye, Metaphor (1) d
When love, converted from the thing it was,

Shall reasons find of settled gravity;

Against that time do I ensconce me here,

Within the knowledge of mine own desert, Metaphor (2) f

And this my hand, against my self uprear,

To guard the lawful reasons on thy part:

To leave poor me thou hast the strength of laws,

Since why to love I can allege no cause.

Couplet

Personification
A lamentation of love to be
lost.
First person point of view is significant to
this sonnet considering that the poet is
battling himself, his own losses and his
own life.

This personification represents the

power behind the laws of time, and
how the poet is coming to terms with
how these laws have affected him.

Lawful Diction: Suggests the

formality and significance of the
poets surrender to time.

Anticipating the
future, and how
he will age.
(1) Metaphor,
someone else is
barely
acknowledging
him with a
glance of their
brilliant eye.
Development

Time: Repetition,
emphasizing how
it will change his
appearance as the
years age him.

Quatrain (1)

U / I U / I U /I U / I U
/
Against that time, if ever that time come,

Quatrain (2)

Rhyme Scheme

Quatron (3)

Iambic
Pentameter

Shakespeare Sonnet 49

(2) This
metaphor
highlights what
the poet thinks
about himself
and what he
really deserves
from life.