Romeo And Juliet Quote Analysis
Quotation #13: “O me! O me! My child, my only life,/ Revive, look up, or I will die with thee./ Help, help! Call help.” (Rom. 4. 5. 24-26)
Translation: Oh my! Oh my! My child, my only offspring, recover, wake up, or I will die with you. Help, help! Send for help.
Circumstances: The Nurse goes into Juliet's room to wake her for the wedding ceremony, only to find her dead in her bed. The Nurse calls for help, so Lady Capulet enters her room. Upon finding Juliet seeming dead, Lady Capulet also cries out in grief.
Poetic Device: The first two lines scan in iambic pentameter, and the last line is not a full line. There is repetition on the words O, me, my, and help. There is assonance on the long “o” sound of O, O, only, and or, and the long “i”
Translation: Oh my! Oh my! My child, my only offspring, recover, wake up, or I will die with you. Help, help! Send for help.
Circumstances: The Nurse goes into Juliet's room to wake her for the wedding ceremony, only to find her dead in her bed. The Nurse calls for help, so Lady Capulet enters her room. Upon finding Juliet seeming dead, Lady Capulet also cries out in grief.
Poetic Device: The first two lines scan in iambic pentameter, and the last line is not a full line. There is repetition on the words O, me, my, and help. There is assonance on the long “o” sound of O, O, only, and or, and the long “i”