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What metaphor does romeo use when trying to kiss juliet?

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Hello there!

This is one excerpt from Romeo and Juliet:

- Romeo: O, then, dear saint, let lips do what hands do; They pray, grant thou, lest faith turn to despair.

- Juliet: Saints do not move, though grant for prayers' sake.

- Romeo: Then move not, while my prayer's effect I take. Thus from my lips, by yours, my sin is purged.

- Juliet: Then have my lips the sin that they have took.

- Romeo: Sin from thy lips? O trespass sweetly urged! Give me my sin again.

Explanation:

Romeo compares her with a saint and compares her kiss to a prayer and Juliet continues the metaphor asking if her lips has taken his sin. Romeo kisses her again "saying give me my sin again".

So the metaphor is: Juliet- saint, kiss-prayer

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