A Sad Way to Look at Autumn

In the one and only William Shakespeare's That Time of Year, the topic of death is emphasized in the changing of the seasons.  He only focuses on the death of the season, stating that the leaves are ugly and dying.  He is not at all romanced by the beauty of the colors or the changing of seasons.  He then goes into how the nights are much more bitter in the fall and winter.  He says death consumes all after sunset, and that is where the ashes of his youth lie.  Yet he states one redeeming quality about the bitterness of autumn.  He eludes to a strengthening of emotions when he says "This thou perceivest, which makes thy love more strong, to love that well which thou must leave ere long," (Shakespeare, 967).  This statement communicates that love that is able to weather the changing of the seasons, and the idea of death, is able to be strengthened.  It seems that the author likely was very disenchanted with the idea of death, and saw it in very unfortunate places, like autumn.  But the final passage eludes to his idea that there could be good that comes from death.