RHETHORICAL DEVICES

The classic poem, Romeo and Juliet is filled with a ton of rhetorical devices. What is a rhetorical device you ask? A rhetorical device is something that is mostly used in poetry, that is used to evoke an emotional response in the reader, and get they're attention. A common rhetorical device that most people know is the metaphor. A metaphor is something used in writing that describes an emotion by comparing it to something that in most cases would never be placed in the same sentence with the word. Metaphors add an whole new meaning to a sentence and paints an artistic picture in your read for how well it is described. Metaphors are heavily used in Shakespeare's writing and it is featured alot throughout Romeo and Juliet. One example of a metaphor in Romeo and Juliet is in act 2, scene 2 when Romeo uses the metaphor "It is the west and Juliet is the sun" to describe Juliets beauty. He is basically stating that Juliet is as beautiful as the sun rising which displays a much more romantic and emotional descriptions of his loved to her whereas if he just said Juliet is beautiful.