Question

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.

Answer 1

Here romeo is using a metaphor by comparing his soul's weight to lead, meaning he is so sad that his own soul is weighing him down.

Answer 2

Antithesis

Step-by-step explanation:

The figure of speech used in this excerpt from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet is Antithesis , which means 'the opposite' . This rhetorical device has the purpose of showing contrasting effect when two opposite ideas are used together in the same sentence: "you have dancing shoes" (this allows her to have free movements ); "I have a soul of lead" (Romeo feels he cannot move ).