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In lines three and four the speaker begins to talk about nature. In other words, all the talking he is doing is about a summers day actually sounds like he’s talking about a person. The point in these lines is clear the summer is fated to end. As we go on to read lines five and six he goes on to talk about the personification of nature. He refers the sun to the “the eye of heaven” and instead of being boring and dull he compares his skin to a gold complexion entertaining us as the readers more and keeps us entertained. This is important because it describes the way he looks. It brings back the humor that we saw he used with the word “temperate.” As we continued to read he gets a broader range, stating everything is beautiful and in time

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