In 200 words, identify three examples of figurative language and explain how they relate to the themes of Shakespeare’s "Sonnet 73."

The three examples are thus follows:

The first illustrates aging in comparison to a tree as it loses its leaves in fall season. There is also comparison of death to nightfall--“which by and by black night doth take away death’s second self, that seals up all in rest.” In this sentence, the speaker is alluding to death as the fading of a bright day into a dark night. The third example is that of fire where the speaker tend to be compare himself to fire, “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.” Lines 9- 12 somewhat depicts that as the fire dies/quenches, the speaker also does. In lines 3-4, these are also metaphors that describes the word choir which does not refer to only a group of persons singing in a church but also refers to a place where choir sits in church.

Explanation:

Figurative languages are ways we use to amplify and beautify writing. They include simile, metaphor, personification, etc. These are figurative lauguages Shakespeare used as explained above in "Sonnet 73".

In lines 9-12, symbolism is applied through the image of fire. The “glowing” fire signifies the narrator’s dimming youth, as its dull embers will soon expire and turn to “ashes.”

In line 4, Shakespeare uses personification, "sweet birds sang". Birds cannot sing but he was telling us that the birds were chirping and it sounded like a song.

In line 6 and 7, Shakespeare uses personification again. He says, "As after sunset fadeth in the west; Which by and by black night doth take away". This is a personification because the night cannot "take away the sun.

All of these figurative language examples make the poem easier to read and visualize what Shakespeare is saying.

Explanation:

harlem's  cotton club boasted the talents of duke ellington. singers such as bessie smith and billie holiday popularized blues and jazz vocals. jelly roll morton and louis armstrong drew huge audiences as white americans as well as african americans caught jazz fever.