The first stanza compares the leafless limbs of a tree to
(a) yellow leaves
(b) sweet birds
(c) bare choirs
(d) summer

The correct answer is option (c) "bare choirs". One of the most famous sonnets of William Shakespeare is "Sonnet 73" which main theme is getting old as time passes. The first stanza of the sonnet compares leafless limbs with bare choirs, as can be noted in the following lines "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".

being untruthful

eating too much

overstaying one's welcom

this is that correct answer.