"That on the ashes of his youth doth die."
Since we are discussing pattern, I would like to note that the pattern is in continuous form (I read the Chapter a little bit!). I noticed some death imagery. There is the image of the deathbed. It is also mentioned the "ashes of his youth." So, the speaker is discussing death. It, though, is a metaphorical death of youth. I liked some other imagery in the poem. It talks of "black night doth take away." Night is closely related to negative things, such as death. The fact that night is taking away something leads me to believe that it is the death of youth. I also like the image of the cold breeze. Death is in this case seen as a cold breeze approaching. Well, that's what I got out of it.
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