Sonnet 73 Copywork
All fourteen lines of "That time of year thou mayst in me behold."
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About this printable
Three images of fading light carry this sonnet on aging and love, making it a rewarding text to copy word by word. The archaic forms give handwriting practice a genuine challenge without running long. Excellent for teaching extended metaphor alongside the sonnet structure. 9 pages, 1/4-inch letters in manuscript print on dashed manuscript lines. Sheets included: Copywork (Step 1), First Letter Hints (Step 2), Memory Lines (Step 3), Source Text, First Letters Only. Shakespeare, Sonnet 73. Public domain text.
ON THIS SHEET: That time of year thou mayst in me behold · When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang · Upon those boughs which shake against the cold, · Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang. · In me thou see'st the twilight of such day · As after sunset fadeth in the west; · Which by and by black night doth take away, · Death's second self, that seals up all in rest. · In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire, · That on the ashes of his youth doth lie, · As the death-bed, whereon it must expire, · Consum'd with that which it was nourish'd by. · This thou perceiv'st, which makes thy love more strong, · To love that well, which thou must leave ere long. — Shakespeare, Sonnet 73. LETTER SIZE: 1/4-inch. HANDWRITING: manuscript print. SHEETS: Copywork (Step 1), First Letter Hints (Step 2), Memory Lines (Step 3), Source Text, First Letters Only.
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Inside the PDF
3 pages from the 9-page PDF, as they print.
A plan for this set
A longer text: give Steps 1, 2 and 3 about two weeks, one sheet a day.
- Days 1–4 Copywork (Step 1). Read the whole text, then copy it exactly.
- Days 5–8 First Letter Hints (Step 2). Write it again with only the first letter of each word as a prompt.
- Days 9–10 Memory Lines (Step 3). Write it from memory on lines sized to each word.
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