Question

"But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?

It is the east, and Juliet is the sun."
-from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"
What type of figurative language is found within this literary example?

A. simile

B. metaphor

C. personification

D. irony

Answer 1

It doesn't matter what direction Romeo is facing. The soft light that he sees through the window is as beautiful as a sunrise (you know, in the East, ever been up that early?)

Is Juliet the sun? It's not a simile, Juliet is not similar to the sun, not like the sun. Juliet IS the sun.
What a perfect example of a metaphor.