Write the summary of the Poem Sonnet In Sonnet William Shakespeare - talks about his own ageing He shows his old age through three clear images from nature Each image shows that life is slowly fading just like his own strength and time First he compares himself to late autumn The trees have yellow leaves or no leaves and the branches shake in the cold wind He calls them bare ruin d choirs where birds once sang This image shows that he had youth and beauty before but they are almost gone now His body is weaker and life is quiet and empty like trees in late autumn Next he compares himself to the twilight of the day The sun has set and the sky is turning dark Soon it will become black night which he calls death s second self Just as daylight fades slowly his life is also