Glasgow Sonnet 1

• Society


  "Bears boys"

  Death is more certain than people in society this is a very morbid and sad outlook
• Optimism


  There is no optimism in Glasgow Sonnet 1
• Pesamism


  "The lamps go to"

  Last glimmer of hopefullhopefull light gone. Causing the atmosphere toto defend into darkness
• Chance Encounters


  "Bares boys when skates take over"

  By chance he saw the boys he then reflects on death and life and how temporary they are
• Opening Lines


  "The woods decay"

  Death and how they are starting to die due to winter this tells us the poem is about death
• Closing Lines


  "Sees nothing and that nothing sees"

  He is trying to understand death and why it happens but it is futile
• Helping Others


  "Bears boys when skates take over"

  Worried for boys he knows as they grow he diesdies. He does not have a good relationship with death
• People


  "Bears boys when skates"

  Life is fleeting notnot permanent he is scared for society and what happens after death
• Places


  " the swan on Bingham s pond"

  The pond is a metaphor for death and this is where the poem takes place
• Speakers Role


  "Even in my room and on this paper I do not know"

  Reflects on his relationship withwith death