The suffix of encoded is "-ed" which shows that it is past tense.
Sonnet 73 takes up one of the most pressing issues of the first 126 sonnets, the speaker’s anxieties regarding what he perceives to be his advanced age, and develops the theme through a sequence of metaphors each implying something different. The imagery of autumn and winter, twilight and finally the yhe image of the fire consumed by the ashes of its youth all contribute to the elegiac tone of this sonnet, while exploring the same theme (senescence) in a progressive manner: that is, from imagery of sobriety or emptiness to the fire close to extinction, the metaphor closest to death and the closure of the speaker or lyric-I . Sonnet 73 is not simply a procession of interchangeable metaphors; it is the story of the speaker slowly coming to grips with the real finality of his age and his impermanence in time, with a final poignatn exhortation on the last two verses.
Answer:
Maycomb doesn't quite get Mr. Raymond. He's always drinking from a paper bag; he sits with the African-Americans; and Jem tells Scout and Dill that he's had several children with an African-American woman—even though he's from an old, rich family. (On the other hand, maybe being from an old, rich family allows him to live how he likes without worrying about what other people think.)
Later, Scout and Dill find out that Mr. Raymond does care about what other people think, but not in the way they expected. His paper bag turns out to be hiding not whisky but Coke, and his constant drunkenness is a put-on. There's a reason: "When I come to town, […] if I weave a little and drink out of this sack, folks can say Dolphus Raymond's in the clutches of whiskey—that's why he won't change his ways. He can't help himself, that's why he lives the way he does" (20.15).
Like Calpurnia speaking one language at home with the Finches and another at the African-American church, Mr. Raymond's double life shows Scout the compromises people have to make in order to live in communities where they don't quite fit in.
Explanation:
I would say that it is an example of figurative language because it applies human qualities to something that does not have completely human qualities (personification). Hope this helps!
