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Metaphors In Romeo And Juliet

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Metaphor
“Peered forth the golden window of the east.”(Act 1, Scene 1) Benvolio uses this metaphor when he is revealing the location of Romeo to the Montagues. He is comparing how the sun looks like a golden window. The sun is in the direction of East.

Simile
“Is love a tender thing? Is too rough, is it too rude, too boisterous and it pricks like a thorn.” (Act 1, Scene 4) This is a simile that Romeo makes when talking about love. He is comparing love to a thorn.

Personification
“As is the bud bit with an envious worm” (Act 1, Scene 1). This use of personification from Montague gives a worm the human feeling of envy.

Irony
“If he be married my grave is like to be my wedding bed.” (Act 1, Scene 5) This can be found as ironic because the
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