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Similarities Between Romeo And Juliet

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Somethings that are similar to each of the poems are the names of the characters. In Shakespeare's version the names are "Romeo and Juliet" and in Brooke's poem the names are "Romeus and Juliet". The way the poems are written are different, Shakespeare's has a lot of of poetry. Something else that is different are the ways the poems start. In Shakespeare's poem it starts off with Romeo talking about Juliet, in Brooke's poem it starts off with a person named Verona and a person named Brooke. It also says that Romeus falls in love with someone and suffers, The name of the person is never mentioned. In Shakespeare's poem it says that Romeo is in love with Juliet he's also talking about how beautiful she is. In Brooke's poem Juliet tells Romeus

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