own wedding vows forRomeo and Juliet. A good way to approach this would be to write a sonnet for them. Shakespeare was fond of writing sonnets as odes to love. I think he would have done the same for these two young lovers. Sonnets are 14 lines long and composed in iambic pentameter. You could split the sonnet between the two of them, with Romeo speaking the first seven lines and Juliet responding with the final seven.

Romeo and Juliet are fond of using imagery to symbolize their feelings for each other. Their vows could include images from nature. Indeed, Romeo has already compared Juliet to the moon and the sun in the balcony scene in act 2, scene 2. You could continue this, with Romeo representing the brightness of the sun and Juliet the light of the moon and stars. In fact, looking over the balcony scene again will probably give you some good ideas since this is where they first share their full feelings for each other.

Another element to consider for their wedding vows could be the theme of family loyalty. Both young lovers betray their families for each other. Perhaps they would mention their new loyalties to each other taking precedence over their former familial loyalties. You could even include a line about how their love is stronger than their families' hatred.