love - quote analysis

• "my only love sprung from my only hate"


  juliet - love conflicted by family feud (love vs hate)

  ideas - love is tragic and ironic

  techniques - antithesis - shows inner conflict

  themes - love vs hate, fate
• "with love's light wings did I o'er-perch these walls"


  romeo - love gives him strength and boldness

  ideas - love overcomes barriers

  techniques - metaphor - love gives romeo power

  themes - love, courage
• "my bounty is as boundless as the sea"


  juliet - deep and limitless love

  ideas - juliets love is infinite and pure

  techniques - simile - compares love to the sea

  themes - love, nature
• "did my heart love till now?"


  romeo - found true love

  ideas - questions whether this is true love

  techniques - rhetorical question (shows sudden emotion)

  themes - love, impulsiveness
• "my true love is grown to such excess i cannot sum up sum of half my wealth" (juliet)


  ideas - she loves romeo so much she cannot fully express it

  themes - love, overwhelming, inexpressible