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William Shakespeare 's Romeo And Juliet

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Love is presented in numerous different manners it is depicted using techniques such as; imagery to emphasise infatuation or to create a visual imagery in the readers mind and metaphors to imply a resemblance. For instance both poets William Shakespeare and Elizabeth Barrett Browning use a literary device called Iambic pentameter which helps with their rhyming scheme this is used to make the love in the poems appear stronger.

In Romeo and Juliet the theme of love is prominent throughout the play. In Act 2, Scene 2 Romeo says “Lady by yonder blessed moon I vow” this is a metaphor which Shakespeare has incorporated to show that Romeo is swearing upon the moon. Yet Juliet replies “O swear not by the moon th’inconstant moon, that monthly …show more content…

No. I have forgotten that name and that name’s woe.” This makes his love for Rosaline seem false and melodramatic to the readers and indicates it was actually lust. By doing this Shakespeare presented love in two different ways and displays lust can be mistaken to be love.

In both poems ‘to his coy mistress’ and ‘Romeo and Juliet’ the concept of love is portrayed intensely. An example of this is “200 to adore each breast” this shows a sexual aspect to love as he is interested in exploring her body profoundly. As well as exaggerating time period to add greater effect to the nameless man’s love towards the mistress. This poem has three stanzas the first immortality the second Death and the third seduction this is to persuade her to lose her virginity to him quickly using references to death saying that once she will die she would end up losing her virginity to worms. On the other hand in Romeo and Juliet the thought of not being able to be together for a very long period of time troubles them throughout the rest of the poem this links to his coy mistress as the topic of death plays an immense role in both poems. The fearful passage of their death-mark 'd love […]
Is now the two hours ' traffic of our stage" this is from the prologue line 9 and 12 this is telling us they are conscious from the start they are heading near death.

In ‘Sonnet 43’ and ‘Romeo and Juliet’ love is presented very religiously as it plays a

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