Romeo and Juliet

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   gbeatty Teacher
   College - Freshman

   Rhyme (books/looks)
   Repetition
   Parallel constructions (love to love, love from love, etc.) to create balance
   Rhythm (the number of accented syllables)
   Personification (love doesn't do these things, lovers do)
   Metaphor (the eagerness/resistance to action is similar between lovers and students)

   Interpret:
   Lovers go towards one another as eagerly as students run from their books, but away from one another as slowly as students go towards school.

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