Question

They meet…

Romeo and Juliet meet at Capulet’s party. As soon as Romeo sees Juliet, he admits that he never loved before this and that she is the most beautiful thing he has ever seen. Below is their first interaction. Look at the structure of it - Identify the rhyme scheme (15 points).

Is it:
ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
AABB CCDD EEFF GG

Romeo: If I profane with my unworthiest hand
This holy shrine, the gentle sin is this;
My lips two blushing pilgrims ready stand
to smooth that rough touch with a tender kiss.

Juliet: Good pilgrim, you do wrong your hand too much,
which mannerly devotion shows in this,
for saints have hands that pilgrims’ hand do touch,
and palm to palm is holy palmer’s kiss.

Romeo: Have not saints’ lips and holy palmer’s too?
Juliet: Aye, pilgrim, lips that they must use in prayer.
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.


This first conversation follows the structure of a what (10 points)?
AABB CCDD EFF GG



Summarize what is being said in this shared sonnet(20 points). Use the parallel text to help you if needed.

The summary in the sonnet is that Romeo wants to give a kiss on Juliet’s palm












Watch the video from PBS (should work on all devices) and explain why this delivery is important, what it showed about the two characters (20 points).

Answer 1

for the first question the rhyme scheme is

ABAB CDCD EFEF GG

I don't understand the second question.

The summary is that Romeo wants to give a kiss on Juliet's palm. And I think he uses the example of pilgrims and saints as his lips and Juliets palm is like a holy shrine they would devote and pray to. I hoped I helped a little bit