That time of year by William Shakespeare

That time of year by William Shakespeare is a poem that starts out by discussing the season of fall and the death and decay of fall. Then Shakespeare continues the poem by exlaining how death consumes like a fire. By using juxtoposition, Shakespeare is able to both compare and contrast fall and death. When speaking of fall, he states, "Which by and by black night doth take away," and later speaks of death, "That seals up all in rest" (Shakespeare, 6-7). Shakespeare juxtaposes these two themes by showing how both almost take the life out of everything, causing rest. Where I am confused is after juxtaposing them as similar, he brings love into the death stanza, causing death to be almost positive. I think he is trying to state that the event of death helps him call to mind pleasent thoughts such as his loved one. This poem was easy to understand at first but loses me after talking about the glowing fire. This is yet another poem that I feel as though has no point to it. Shakespeare should have cut the poem off after line seven. It would be nice if someone could offer some advice on what this poem is talking about because past possible juxtopositon, I see no other depth to this poem.