Question

Read 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
In me thou sees 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 seest 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.

The first stanza compares the leafless limbs of a tree to _____.
yellow leaves
sweet birds
bare choirs
summer

Answer 1

The first stanza compares the leafless limbs of a tree to bare choirs.

Answer 2

Bare choirs.

Step-by-step explanation:

Shakespare makes note of the leafless limbs of a tree on the second verse: "When yellow leaves, or none, or few do hang". He then refers to these limbs as locations for the "sweet birds" to sing on, meaning he sees the limbs as empty, bare choirs that would normally have leaves as singers, but these are replaced in later times by the birds that perch on them.