Read Romeo’s speech I, 5, 42-51. Looking at how the speech is written (the structure, not the subject matter), what makes these lines different from those that came before it? Why is this moment in the scene important enough to warrant this change? * Romeo. O, she doth teach the torches to burn bright!
It seems she hangs upon the cheek of night
Like a rich jewel in an Ethiopia's ear—
45 Beauty too rich for use, for earth too dear!
So shows a snowy dove trooping with crows
As yonder lady o’er her fellows shows.
The measure done, I’ll watch her place of stand
And, touching hers, make blessed my rude hand.
50 Did my heart love till now? Forswear it, sight!
For I ne’er saw true beauty till this night. 0