That Time of Year

Old English has always been a challenge for me along with things written by Shakespeare. I looked up some analysis on this poem because it was hard for me to understand. I could see that it was about winter and death, but the analysis let me know that it was about a man's youth dying. I re-read the poem, and it makes more sense because I think I read over the line, "That on the ashes of his youth doth lie." This poem is about how time ages the body. Youth is something that is cherished but it doesn't last forever. I think that colors also help get this point across. The yellow leaves represent the man's bright and happy youth while the black night is ominous and is going to take the man's youth away from him.