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Answer 1

PROLOGUE from Romeo and Juliet
Two households, both alike in dignity.


In fair Verona, where we lay our scene,


From ancient grudge break to new mutiny.


Where civil blood makes civil hands unclean.


From forth the fatal loins of these two foes. 5


A pair of star-cross'd lovers take their life;


Whose misadventured piteous overthrows


Do with their death bury their parents' rage, 10


Which, but their children's end, nought could remove,


Is now the two hours' traffic of our stage;


The which if you with patient ears attend,


What here shall miss, our toil shall strive to mend.








Line 2 of the Prologue refers to a famous place; this poetry term is called
Answer
allusion
alliteration
metaphor
refrain

Answer 2

It is not a metaphor, because metaphors represent something. Verona seems to represent Verona (a city in Italy), not something else.

A refrain is (def.) "A phrase, verse, or group of verses repeated at intervals throughout a song or poem, especially at the end of each stanza."
Verona is not repeated, so it cannot be that one.

The choice is between allusion and alliteration. Check the definitions, and let me know what you find.

Answer 3

i went with allusion after reading the definitions

Answer 4

Yes, I think that is the best answer. An allusion is a reference to something.