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What figure of speech is used in these lines from William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet?

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I would say that Shakespeare uses allusion in this excerpt from Romeo and Juliet. He is alluding, or making a reference to Aurora, who is a character/person outside of Romeo and Juliet.

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