Question

Shakespeare uses which metaphor for aging in this sonnet?

A. The sunrise of a new day
B. A bird that is singing in the trees
C. A beautiful church choir
D. A fire that is about to burn out

Answer 1

Read "Sonnet 73" by William Shakespeare.

That time of year thou mayst in me behold
When yellow leaves, or none, or few, do hang
Upon those boughs which shake against the cold,
Bare ruin'd choirs, where late the sweet birds sang.
In me thou seest the twilight of such day
As after sunset fadeth in the west;
Which by and by black night doth take away,
Death's second self, that seals up all in rest.
In me thou see'st the glowing of such fire
That on the ashes of his youth doth lie,
As the deathbed whereon it must expire
Consumed with that which it was nourished by.
This thou perceiv'st, which makes thy love more strong,
To love that well which thou must leave ere long.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

id go with d but its really all of them tbh

Answer 4

okay thanks