Romeo And Juliet Figurative Language

No matter how much time passes, people tend to create art around the same ideas. Modern music such as Ed Sheeran’s song “Perfect,” as well as the age old iconic love story of Romeo and Juliet, both have similar characteristics, but also have differences. In act two of the story Romeo and Juliet, just hours after meeting, a love stricken Romeo visits Juliet, and they have a conversation while she's on her balcony. The two decide they want to take this risk of being with each other and they decide to get married as soon as possible. In Ed Sheeran’s song “Perfect,” Ed writes about falling in love with someone he views as perfect. Both pieces, act two in Romeo and Juliet, and “Perfect” use metaphors, tone, and author's purpose to form similarities

For instance, both authors use metaphors and compare the woman in the writing to an angel. In “Perfect” a line reads “Now I know I have met an angel in person And she looks perfect I don't deserve this”. In Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare writes “O, speak again, bright angel! For thou art as glorious to this night, being o’er my head, As a winged messenger of heaven.” Both the song lyrics, and lines from the book use metaphors. Romeo compares Juliet to a bright angel, who’s glorious and beautiful. The song refers to the woman as perfect, as well as compares her to an angel like Romeo did. Both use figurative language to express their love, as well as a way to convey the purpose of the story or song. Along with figurative language such as metaphors, the writers also have similar meanings in some of the lines. For instance, a line in “Perfect” states “We are still kids but we're so in love

While some lines have similar meanings, a line in “Perfect” says “I found a love to carry more than just my secrets”. Ed is saying how his love is formed on trust, and a relationship without secrets. While a line from Romeo and Juliet, act two reads “I would not for the world they saw thy here.” and “I have a night’s cloak to hide me from their eyes''. While the song focuses on a love that does not have secrets, Romeo and Juliet’s love is based on a secret. “I would not for the world they saw thy here” Juliet is referring to how nobody can find Romeo, or the secret will be exposed. This heavily contrasts Ed Sheeran's song. Ed Sheeran says his love is built on a strong foundation, without secrets. Despite having different meanings, these lines form a main idea and theme of the artist’s work. In addition to different meanings, the two works also have very different tones. Ed Sheeran's song has a hopeful and happy tone. For example, “Well, I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know. She shares my dreams, I hope that someday I'll share her home. I found a love to carry more than just my secrets To carry love, to carry children of our own”. While the tone of Romeo and Juliet is far different from this, “and but thou love me, let them find me here. My life would be better ended by their hate, than prolonged, waiting thy love.” The tone of this scene in Romeo and Juliet is very