The significance of this volta is that shakespeare says that your youth and beauty is cut down by time and as time goes by you age and your appearance isn't what it used to be.

time rhymes with prime, night rhymes with white, leaves rhymes with sheaves, herd rhymes with beard, make rhymes with forsake, go rhymes with grow, defence rhymes with hence.

Unfamiliar Vocab. sable- a marten with a short tail and dark brown fur. barren- too poor to produce much or any vegetation. lofty- of opposing height. girded- encircle with a belt or band. sheaves- a bundle of objects.