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Figurative Language- Romeo and Juliet?
what type of figurative language is this quote I can not figure it out!!!!
"If love be rough with you, be rough with love. Prick for pricking, and you beat love down"
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- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
Personification- the giving of human characteristics to non-human objects.
In this quote, love is being personified as something that can be rough with a person and thus can be beaten down.
Source(s): I'm an English teacher of 6 years, and I just finished teaching Romeo and Juliet to my 9th graders.
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