"That time of year" by William Shakespeare: Question 4

       In William Shakespeare's "That time of year," he is addressing his lover or someone who loves him and he also loves.  The reader can tell that he is speaking to a loved one because of mainly this line, "This thou perceivest, which makes thy love more strong," (Shakespeare, 967). The reader can identify that he is talking to a loved one because he says that the fact that he is dying will make he or she love him more.  In the last couplet the speaker asserts with confidence that since he is dying his loved one will love him more since he will not be around much longer.  He says this very confidently.  The speaker says this confidently because earlier in the poem he describes his dying.  Since the speaker is addressing a loved one he is not as harsh with his descriptions of death.  He uses a gentler route to describe his meaning.