The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd

What metaphors are used in The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd by Walter Raleigh?

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The nymph uses the same nature imagery as the shepherd except she changes it to show nature as a metaphor for love being transient and having a short life.

Thy cap, thy kirtle, and thy posies Soon break, soon wither, soon forgotten: In folly ripe, in reason rotten.

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The Nymph's Reply to the Shepherd