Question

What type of figurative language is this from Romeo and Juliet?.

Answer 1

In Shakespeare’s novel, Romeo and Juliet, he used personification in the novel.

According to dictionary.com, personification is:

“the attribution of human nature or character to animals, inanimate objects, or abstract notions, especially as a rhetorical figure,”

and

“the representation of a thing or abstraction in the form of a person, as in art.”

Answer 2

Romeo begins by using the sun as a metaphor for his beloved Juliet: “It is the east, and Juliet is the sun. In these same lines Romeo has furthered his metaphor by using personification.