Literary Terms Romeo and Juliet

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Poetry with 10 syllables per line, unstressed-stressed

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iambic pentameter

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14 lines of poetry, rhymes, iambic meter

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sonnet

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Two rhyming lines of poetry

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Couplet

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Poetry in iambic meter, no rhyme

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Blank verse

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Written in iambic meter

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Instead of going to the store, I went to sleep today.

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Iambic meter example

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Before he gives it all away, I want to have some lunch.

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Lines to the audience, unheard by other actors

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aside

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Mercutio's wound description

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Not as deep as a well, nor wide as a church door (simile)

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Romeo's comparison of Juliet to the sun

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metaphor

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Literary device in Juliet's quote: "If he be married, my grave will be my marriage bed."

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foreshadowing