Romeo and Juliet

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Metaphor- Romeo & Benvolio
Here's what love is: a smoke made out of lovers' sighs.
Simile- Mercutio, Romeo & Benvolio at the party
Too rude, too boisterous, and it pricks like thorn.
Personification- Balcony Scene
Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon.
Act I Scene I Lines 184Romeo is explaining love to Benvolio by comparing it to fog, which can choke us up like smoke or put a sparkle in our eyes.
Allusion- Friar Lawrence
From forth day's path and Titan's fiery wheels.
Act I Scene IV line 27 Romeo is saying is that from his point of view, love is harsh and harmful, and that it emotionally hurts and punctures emotions/feelings just like a thorn pricks human skin.
Dramatic Irony- Friar & Paris
On Thursday, sir? That's very soon.
That's how my future father-in-law Capulet wants it, and I'm not dragging my feet.
Act II Scene II Lines 4In the balcony scene, Romeo gives human qualities to the moon. It is envious (jealous) of Juliet.
Alliteration- Friar & Romeo
Being tasted, stays all senses with the heart.
Act II Scene III Lines 4 This is an allusion to one of the Titans, a superhuman race in Greek mythology who ruled the world before the Olympian gods.
Act IV Scene I Lines 1-4This is what he expects, but we know it won't happen. Juliet says she would rather die than marry Paris.
Act 2 Scene 3 Lines 26The alliteration of the "s" illustrates the power of a single flower. It can stop the senses and even the heart.

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