The hunting trip
The hunt and hawking that Francis and Charles take part in represents their later competition in the text. It is a metaphor for their competition with each other, which ultimately descends into violence and death.
Well-made suit metaphor
After the wedding Anne is described in the following passage: “This lady is no clog, as many are; she doth become you like a well-made suit, in which the tailor hath us’d all his art.” Here, Anne is metaphorically described as being a well-made suit, to describe how she is a good match for Frankford.
Necklace metaphor
Anne is also described as being “no chain to tie your neck, and curb you to the yoke; But she’s a chain of gold to adorn your neck.” Here he subverts the well-known phrase of marriage being like a chain that ties someone down, instead saying that Anne is more like a beautiful decoration.
Earth and grave metaphor
Anne describes how fate and her actions mean that her chair is now the earth and her bed is now a grave: "Earth for my chair, and for my bed a grave!" This metaphor shows how guilty and lowly Anne feels after actions, believing that she only deserves to sit on the earth and sleep in a grave.
