Write a 100-word essay response to the following: How does Shakespeare introduce us to his implied
listener in "Sonnet 73" and why is this significant to this sonnet and to the sonnet form in general?
Keywords: final couplet, lover, Shakespearean Sonnet, quatrain, rhyme scheme, surprise.
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Shakespeare implied to his listeners in sonnet 73 his predictions and anticipation of how he will be at his old age. In the series
of the quatrain, there was a metaphor that referring to old age as final. There might be surprises, but uncontrollable and the
couplets of a young mans love.