How does Shakespeare introduce us to his implied listener in "Sonnet 73" and why is this significant to this sonnet and to the sonnet form in general? Keywords: final couplet, lover, Shakespearean Sonnet, quatrain, rhyme scheme, surprise.

Shakespeare implied to his listener in Sonnet 73 his predictions and anticipation of how he will be at his old age. In the series of the quatrain, there was a metaphor that referring to old age as final. There might surprises, but uncontrollable and the couplets of a young man's love.