"death's seconds self, that seals up all in rest" reference to the context
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Death's second self, that seals up all in rest." ... The speaker of the sonnet is reminding whoever he is speaking to that his looks, his body, are aging, and he is entering the twilight (darkness) of life in preparation for death.
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Poem : Sonnet 73
That Time of Year.
Author: William Shakespeare
Speaker: the poet
Listener: the reader
Situation: Here, the poet compares night's sleep with death. Just like sleep closes the eyes temporarily at night, the death will close the eyes permanently. That's why, he calls sleep as 'Death's second self, that seals up all in rest'.
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