Mercutio--"Nay, gentle Romeo, we must have you dance." Romeo--"Not I, believe me. You have dancing shoes / With nimble soles; I have a soul of lead…"(I iv 13-5) aOxymoron bPun cMetaphor dSimile
Question
Mercutio--"Nay, gentle Romeo, we must have you dance." Romeo--"Not I, believe me. You have dancing shoes / With nimble soles; I have a soul of lead…"(I iv 13-5) aOxymoron bPun cMetaphor dSimile
Solution
The literary device used in this quote from Romeo and Juliet is a cMetaphor. Romeo is comparing his "soul of lead" to the "nimble soles" of dancing shoes, suggesting that he feels heavy-hearted or depressed.
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