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15 January, 15:07

Read the following excerpt from Shakespeare's "Sonnet 73" and answer the question.

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 ruined choirs, where late the sweet birds sang

Which simile best restates the central metaphor of these lines?

A. Winter choirs are like sweet birds, joyful and full of song.

B. Winter limbs are like an empty choir, bare and silent.

C. Yellow leaves are like the sun, alive and bright.

D. Yellow leaves are like birds in winter, hibernating or dead.

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  1. 15 January, 15:19
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    I would say the answer is B.
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