Which figure of speech is used in this excerpt from shakespeare's romeo and juliet? romeo: not i, believe me: you have dancing shoes with nimble soles: i have a soul of lead so stakes me to the ground i cannot move. allusion metaphor pun simile

metaphor

A metaphor is a comparison between two things without using like or as. In these lines, Romeo is saying that his soul is a soul of lead. This is not true. He does not actually have a soul of lead. He is just saying that his heart and soul is so heavy that he can't move.

An allusion is a reference to another literary work. There is no reference to anything else. A simile is a comparison between two things using like or as. There is no like or as. A pun is a play on words. While Shakespeare is known for using many puns in humorous situations, these lines do not have any.

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