Metaphor: death;

conveys how it is
the ultimate
deciding factor

Sonnet Annotation

Against that time, if ever that time come,

Imagery: paints image of depression and defeat

When I shall see thee frown on my defects,

When as thy love hath cast his utmost sum,
Called to that audit by advis'd respects;
Parallels:
greeting versus
passing shows
the conversion
and
development of
their love

Against that time when thou shalt strangely pass,

Diction: defects come from an effect- love effected him in a

negative way; disapproval, giving time a sense of power
Image/Personification: Covered in love,
complete love; personifying love as "his"
Parallel structure: The element
of warmth; it is happy,
blinding, and then
uncomfortable and isolatingmetaphor for his love changing

And scarcely greet me with that sun, thine eye,

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,

Parallels: development, as
time is moving on he does
not; time defeats him once
again
Diction: complete change,
conveys how different it is
and why it is so terrible and
defeating
Image: defeated by nature,
an inevitable force; sense of
reality is sinking in

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,

Image/Parallel Structure: he is
simply there, moved by gravity
with no control; realizes it is
reality and not imagination

Since why to love I can allege no cause.

Apostrophe: helpless, calling
out to a larger being or lost
lover

Diction: He cannot find proof

for any purpose at all; total
defeat

Diction: strangely comes from

stranger, implies loss and
unknown

Parallel structure: conveys

how this force and sense of
reality crushes and destroys
him

Image/ diction: by using

knowledge he knows
something else is out there,
but he is stuck and cannot
escape his isolation