Use Of Figurative Language In Shakespeare's Romeo And Juliet

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This quote is being said by Juliet while she as she is wandering the gardens waiting for Romeo - at this point in the play Romeo and Juliet have just been married and Romeo has killed Tybalt. Juliet compares herself to a house that has been sold but she has not been able to give the owner any pleasure -in this case, her consummation to Romeo. In lines 17-23, Juliet comments on Romeo's allure and says when he's dead, and if he's cut into "little stars," he will make the night so beautiful that no one will want it to be daytime. Juliet uses figurative language to describe the impatience she feels while waiting for Romeo. She compares her impatience with the eagerness of a child who has new clothes but yet may not wear them, and she likens her

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