Saturnalia was also an ancient Roman festival celebrated in December until the Reformation when it was replaced with Twelfth Night festivities. So this may also be a further paradox overlapping from Sonnet 97 that identifies December as the month of celebration and happiness compared to Spring when he was absent from his subject. Possible echo of you in youth . Possible echo of you in hew . Nor did I wonder at the lily's white , Nor praise the deep vermilion in the rose .
Wonder is replicated in the lily s white whilst the rose is replicated in praise .
As with your shadow I with these did play . I missed your warmth and made the best of those things that remind me of you. The sonnet ends the p usage on play . The lays of birds of Q2 now morph into play . The sonnet opens with Spring and ends with Winter.