How soon hath time, the subtle thief of youth, stolen on his wing my three and twentieth year! the speaker in sonnet vii by john milton reflects on the occasion of his birthday. judging from the image in these lines, how does the speaker view this occasion?

The speaker feels cheated by time.

Explanation:

The poem's speaker does not feel happy with his birthday. He feels that he is aging and losing, losing his youth and strength. For this reason, he refers to Time as a thief. He is upset with Time cheating him and taking the youth away from him every day.

in my opinion i think it was not excessive at all. the maids turned against the queen in his absence, how could he ever trust them again? if he let them go they would surely spread the news of the suitor's deaths, which is much too risky. as for the suitors, they were selfish, rude, and greedy. the god's had apparently marked them for death, meaning odysseus made their death come faster.