In Romeo and Juliet act 4, scene 1, what literary element is shown in these lines? "Or bid me go into a new-made grave / And hide me with a dead man in his shroud."
A. Foreshadowing
B. Metaphor
C. Personification
D. Verbal irony

Question

In Romeo and Juliet act 4, scene 1, what literary element is shown in these lines? "Or bid me go into a new-made grave / And hide me with a dead man in his shroud."
	A.	Foreshadowing
	B.	Metaphor
	C.	Personification
	D.	Verbal irony

anonymous · Answer

I would probably go with A. There is no metaphor nor personification and I don't see any real verbal irony. It seems to me that Shakespeare is hinting at something to do with death...