Romeo & Juliet Romeo & Juliet Literary Term Literary Term

NotesNotesChuckran/JanischChuckran/Janisch

55thth Six Weeks Six Weeks

Act 1, Scene 1Act 1, Scene 1

“…“…colliers…choler…collar…”colliers…choler…collar…”pg. 736pg. 736 lines 2-3lines 2-3PunPun

“…“…Aurora’s bed…”Aurora’s bed…” pg. 740pg. 740 line line 137137

AllusionAllusion

pg. 740pg. 740 lines 137-141lines 137-141ImageryImagery

““Is the day so young?”Is the day so young?” pg. 741pg. 741 line line 162162

PersonificationPersonification

Act 1, Scene 1 ContinuedAct 1, Scene 1 Continued“…“…feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health…”feather of lead, bright smoke, cold fire, sick health…”pg. 742pg. 742 lines 181-182 lines 181-182 OxymoronOxymoron

““Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs…”Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs…”pg. 743pg. 743 line 191line 191MetaphorMetaphor

““With Cupid’s arrow. She hath Dian’s wit…”With Cupid’s arrow. She hath Dian’s wit…”pg. 743pg. 743 line 210line 210AllusionAllusion

““Well, in that hit you miss. She’ll not be hitWell, in that hit you miss. She’ll not be hitWith Cupid’s arrow. She hath Dian’s wit”With Cupid’s arrow. She hath Dian’s wit”pg. 743pg. 743 lines 209-212lines 209-212CoupletCouplet

Act 1, Scenes 2-3Act 1, Scenes 2-3

“…“…Earth-treading stars…”Earth-treading stars…” pg. 745pg. 745 Line 25Line 25MetaphorMetaphor

pg. 745pg. 745 Lines 38-45.Lines 38-45.IronyIrony

pg. 745pg. 745 Lines 38-45Lines 38-45Comic ReliefComic Relief

“…“…Ay…Ay…I…”Ay…Ay…I…” pg. 750pg. 750 Lines 57-58Lines 57-58PunPun

Act 1 Scene 4Act 1 Scene 4“…“…soles…soul…”soles…soul…” pg. 752pg. 752 line 15line 15PunPun

“…“…Cupid’s wings…”Cupid’s wings…” pg. 752pg. 752 line 17line 17AllusionAllusion

““Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, too rude, too boist’rous, Is love a tender thing? It is too rough, too rude, too boist’rous, and it pricks like thorn.”and it pricks like thorn.”

pg. 752pg. 752 lines 25-lines 25-2626

PersonificationPersonification

“…“…it pricks like thorn.”it pricks like thorn.” pg. 752pg. 752line 26line 26

SimileSimile

pg. 755pg. 755 lines 106-113lines 106-113ForeshadowingForeshadowing

Act 1, Scene 5Act 1, Scene 5““It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night…”It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night…”pg. 757pg. 757 lines 46-47lines 46-47PersonificationPersonification

““O, she doth teach the torches to burn brightO, she doth teach the torches to burn brightIt seems she hangs upon the cheek of night”It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night”pg. 757pg. 757 lines 46-55lines 46-55CoupletCouplet

““For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.” For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night.” pg. 757pg. 757line 55line 55

Iambic PentameterIambic Pentameter (refer to pg. 740)(refer to pg. 740)

““My lips, two blushing pilgrims…”My lips, two blushing pilgrims…” pg. 758pg. 758 line line 9797

MetaphorMetaphor

Act 2, Scene 1Act 2, Scene 1

“…“…Venus…”Venus…” pg. 765pg. 765 line 11line 11

AllusionAllusion

pg. 765pg. 765 lines 17-21lines 17-21

IronyIrony

Act 2, Scene 2Act 2, Scene 2““It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!”It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!” pg. 766pg. 766 line 3line 3MetaphorMetaphor

““I have night’s cloak to hide me from their eyes…”I have night’s cloak to hide me from their eyes…” pg. 769pg. 769line75line75

PersonificationPersonification

“…“…Echo…”Echo…” pg. 772pg. 772 line 162line 162AllusionAllusion

“…“…silver-sweet sound…”silver-sweet sound…” pg. 772pg. 772 line line 166166

AlliterationAlliteration

““Parting is such sweet sorrow…”Parting is such sweet sorrow…” pg. 773pg. 773 line line 185185

OxymoronOxymoron

““Sleep dwell upon thine eyes, peace in thy breast!Sleep dwell upon thine eyes, peace in thy breast!Would I were sleep and peace, so sweet to rest!”Would I were sleep and peace, so sweet to rest!” pg. 773pg. 773

lines 187-188lines 187-188CoupletCouplet

Act 2, Scene 3Act 2, Scene 3

““The gray-eyed morn smiles on the frowning The gray-eyed morn smiles on the frowning night…”night…”

pg.774 pg.774 line 1line 1PersonificationPersonification

pg.774 pg.774 lines 1-30lines 1-30CoupletsCouplets

pg.774 pg.774 lines 6-30lines 6-30ForeshadowingForeshadowing

Act 2, Scene 4Act 2, Scene 4“…“…courageous captain of compliments.”courageous captain of compliments.”pg. 777pg. 777 lines 19-20lines 19-20AlliterationAlliteration

“…“…Dido…Cleopatra…Helen and Hero…”Dido…Cleopatra…Helen and Hero…”pg. 778pg. 778 line 42line 42AllusionAllusion

“…“…curtsy…courteous…courtesy…”curtsy…courteous…courtesy…”pg. 778pg. 778 lines 56-59lines 56-59PunPun

““O single-soled jest, solely singular for the O single-soled jest, solely singular for the singleness!”singleness!”

pg. 778pg. 778 lines 67-68lines 67-68AlliterationAlliteration

Act 2, Scene 5Act 2, Scene 5“…“…Cupid’s wings.” Cupid’s wings.” pg. 782 pg. 782 line 8line 8AllusionAllusion

“…“…swift in motion as a ball…”swift in motion as a ball…” pg. 782 pg. 782 line line 1313

SimileSimile

““But old folks, many feign as they were dead-But old folks, many feign as they were dead-Unwieldy, slow, heavy, and pale as lead.”Unwieldy, slow, heavy, and pale as lead.”

pg. 782pg. 782 lines 18-19lines 18-19

Couplet Couplet Iambic PentameterIambic PentameterSimileSimile

Act 2, Scene 6Act 2, Scene 6““So smile the heavens upon this holy act”So smile the heavens upon this holy act”Pg. 785Pg. 785 line 1line 1personificationpersonification

“…“…love-devouring…” “…violent delights…”love-devouring…” “…violent delights…”Pg. 785Pg. 785 lines 7 & 9lines 7 & 9OxymoronOxymoron

““Therefore love moderately; long love doth so;Therefore love moderately; long love doth so;Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.”Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.”pg. 785pg. 785 line 14line 14coupletcouplet

Act 3, Scene 1Act 3, Scene 1

pg. 790pg. 790 lines 16-31lines 16-31Verbal IronyVerbal Irony

pg. 791pg. 791 lines 69-73lines 69-73Dramatic IronyDramatic Irony

“…“…a grave man.”a grave man.” pg. 792pg. 792 line 99line 99punpun

Act 3, Scene 2Act 3, Scene 2

pg. 796pg. 796 lines 1-31lines 1-31SoliloquySoliloquy

“…“…I…”, “…eye…”, “…ay…”I…”, “…eye…”, “…ay…”pg. 797pg. 797 lines 45-50lines 45-50PunPun

““Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical! Dove-Beautiful tyrant! Fiend angelical! Dove-feathered raven! feathered raven!

Wolvish-ravening lamb!”Wolvish-ravening lamb!”pg. 798pg. 798 lines 75-76lines 75-76OxymoronOxymoron

Act 3, Scene 3Act 3, Scene 3

“…“…For exile hath more terror in his For exile hath more terror in his look…”look…”

pg. 800pg. 800 line 13line 13

PersonificationPersonification

Act 3, Scene 4Act 3, Scene 4

““I promise you, but for your company,I promise you, but for your company,

I would have been abed an hour ago.”I would have been abed an hour ago.”

pg. 805pg. 805 lines 6-7lines 6-7

Iambic PentameterIambic Pentameter

Act 3, Scene 5Act 3, Scene 5“…“…and jocund day stands tiptoe on the misty mountaintops.”and jocund day stands tiptoe on the misty mountaintops.”Pg. 806Pg. 806 lines 9-10lines 9-10PersonificationPersonification

“…“…Cynthia’s brow…”Cynthia’s brow…” Pg. 807Pg. 807 lines 20lines 20AllusionAllusion

““Methinks I see thee, now thou art so low, As one dead in Methinks I see thee, now thou art so low, As one dead in the bottom the bottom

of a tomb.”of a tomb.”Pg. 809Pg. 809 lines 55-56lines 55-56

“…“…I will not marry yet; and when I do, I swear it shall be I will not marry yet; and when I do, I swear it shall be Romeo, Romeo,

whom you know I hate…”whom you know I hate…”Pg. 812Pg. 812 lines 122-123lines 122-123Verbal IronyVerbal Irony

Act 4, Scene 1Act 4, Scene 1

“…“…Like death when he shuts up the day Like death when he shuts up the day of life…”of life…”

pg. 821pg. 821 line 101line 101

PersonificationPersonification

Act 4, Scene 2Act 4, Scene 2

pg. 822pg. 822 lines 1-7lines 1-7

Comic ReliefComic Relief

Act 4, Scene 3Act 4, Scene 3

““Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, to Shall I not then be stifled in the vault, to whose whose

foul mouth no healthsome air breaths in…”foul mouth no healthsome air breaths in…”pg. 826pg. 826 line 33-34line 33-34PersonificationPersonification

“…“…with some great kinsman’s bone as with with some great kinsman’s bone as with a club a club

dash out my desp’rate brains?”dash out my desp’rate brains?”pg. 826pg. 826 lines 53-54lines 53-54SimileSimile

Act 4, Scene 4Act 4, Scene 4

pg. 827pg. 827 Scene 4Scene 4

Comic ReliefComic Relief

Act 4, Scene 5Act 4, Scene 5““Death lies on her like an untimely frost upon the Death lies on her like an untimely frost upon the

sweetest flower of sweetest flower of all the field.”all the field.”pg. 829pg. 829 line 27line 27SimileSimile

““Death is my son-in-law, Death is my heir…”Death is my son-in-law, Death is my heir…”pg. 829pg. 829 lines 38-39lines 38-39PersonificationPersonification

pg. 830pg. 830 lines 65-83lines 65-83Dramatic IronyDramatic Irony

“”“”I say ‘silver sound’ because musicians sound for I say ‘silver sound’ because musicians sound for silver.”silver.”

pg. 832pg. 832 lines 133-134lines 133-134AlliterationAlliteration

Act 5, Scene 1Act 5, Scene 1““I dreamt my lady came and found me dead…”I dreamt my lady came and found me dead…”Pg. 836Pg. 836 line 6line 6ForeshadowingForeshadowing

““O mischief, thou art swift to enter in the thoughts O mischief, thou art swift to enter in the thoughts of desperate men!”of desperate men!”Pg. 837Pg. 837 lines 35-36lines 35-36PersonificationPersonification

“…“…and that the trunk may be discharged of breath as and that the trunk may be discharged of breath as violently as violently as

hasty powder fired…”hasty powder fired…”Pg. 837Pg. 837 lines 63-64lines 63-64SimileSimile