Read the excerpt from Act II, scene iii of Romeo and Juliet.

Friar Laurence: The grey-ey’d morn smiles on the frowning night,
Chequering the eastern clouds with streaks of light,
And flecked darkness like a drunkard reels
From forth day’s path and Titan’s fiery wheels:

The figurative language in the excerpt is describing

the dawn.
a storm.
a sunset.
the weather.

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The figurative language in the excerpt is describing the dawn. The imagery of "the grey-ey'd morn" and "chequering the eastern clouds with streaks of light" indicates the arrival of morning and the transition from night to day.