Question

Read Shakespeare's "Sonnet 73" and answer the question.

Answer 1

Answer: Fall

Explanation: The first stanza (that is the first four lines or quatrain connects old age to early Winter. In such quatrain, Shakespeare's sonnet evokes the natural decay of all things through a series of images, all connected to a tree. A tree with yeallow leaves or a few of them is a common image during late Fall while a tree with no leaves at all is mostly seen in Winter. This idea is reinforced by the phrase "shake against the cold," which evokes  the arrival of early Winter.

Answer 2

Answer:

fall

Explanation:

Where I live, the trees would do that in late fall or very very early winter, but only if it was a mild winter. Real winter strikes hard and all that is left is the branches.

So I'll pick fall.