“Thy noble shape is but a form of wax, digressing from the valor of man” | Metaphor |
“And she brings news; and every tongue that speaks but Romeo’s name speaks heavenly eloquence.” | Hyperbole |
“Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical! Dove-feathered raven! Wolvish-ravening lamb! Despised substance of divinest show! Just opposite to what thou justly seem’st” | Oxymoron |
Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds, towards Phoebus’ lodging!” | Allusion |
“It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!” | Metaphor |
“O heavy lightness, serious vanity, misshapen chaos of well-seeming forms, feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health, still-waking sleep, that is not what it is!” | Oxymoron |
“O, speak again, bright angel, for thou art as glorious to this night, being o’er my head, as is a winged messenger from heaven…” | Simile |
“they grey-eyed morn smiles of the frowning night…” | Personification |
“These violent delights have violent end and in their triumph die, like fire and powder, which, as they kiss, consume.” | Oxymoron, Simile |
“Upon his brow shame is ashamed to sit; for ’tis a throne where honor may be crowned sole monarch of the universal earth.” | Personification |
“Well in that hit you miss. She’ll not be hit with Cupid’s arrow. She has Dian’s wit, and, in strong proof of chastity will-armed. From Love’s weak childish bow she lives uncharmed.” | Allusion |
Romeo and Juliet Figurative Language
December 23, 2019