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Waaaaiidamennet...
you say:
b. Juliet: "For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night / Whiter than new snow on a raven's back. / Come, gentle night, come, loving, black-brow'd night" (III.ii)
I'm accepting two answers here. Simile, because Juliet says "whiter than new snow on a raven's back," and personification, because she says that night has wings and a black brow, which are animate characteristics ascribed to inanimate night.
I say:
I say you are incorrect applying personification to the lines given.
Personification is the act of applying human attributes to inanimate objects or abstract ideas.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/personification
Zoomorphism however is the application of animal atributes to abstract ideas or inanimate objects
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Zoomorphism
There's more of animal than of person in those stanzas.
As for the g. version of the Mercutio/Romeo exchange, I picked Irony 'cause there wasn't something that related closely enough to 'snarkism'. Ya read the whole scene, keeping in mind that these are teenagers crashing a party looking for a good time...then one of em goes all moony. Merc is being a bit snarky to Romeo with the whole 'C'mon bud...get a grip, grab yer nads and DO SOMETHING!' speech.
Socratic-irony is closest but I didn't know how fine you wanted to split the hairs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony
Waaaaiidamennet...
you say:
b. Juliet: "For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night / Whiter than new snow on a raven's back. / Come, gentle night, come, loving, black-brow'd night" (III.ii)
I'm accepting two answers here. Simile, because Juliet says "whiter than new snow on a raven's back," and personification, because she says that night has wings and a black brow, which are animate characteristics ascribed to inanimate night.
I say:
b. Zoomorphism - Juliet: "For thou wilt lie upon the wings of night / Whiter than new snow on a raven's back. / Come, gentle night, come, loving, black-brow'd night"
Personification is the act of applying human attributes to inanimate objects or abstract ideas.
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/personification
American Heritage Dictionary -
1. The act of personifying.
2. A person or thing typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification: "He's invisible, a walking personification of the Negative" (Ralph Ellison).
3. A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions are endowed with human qualities or are represented as possessing human form, as in Hunger sat shivering on the road or Flowers danced about the lawn. Also called prosopopeia.
4. Artistic representation of an abstract quality or idea as a person.
1. The act of personifying.
2. A person or thing typifying a certain quality or idea; an embodiment or exemplification: "He's invisible, a walking personification of the Negative" (Ralph Ellison).
3. A figure of speech in which inanimate objects or abstractions are endowed with human qualities or are represented as possessing human form, as in Hunger sat shivering on the road or Flowers danced about the lawn. Also called prosopopeia.
4. Artistic representation of an abstract quality or idea as a person.
Zoomorphism however is the application of animal atributes to abstract ideas or inanimate objects
http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Zoomorphism
American Heritage Dictionary -
1. Attribution of animal characteristics or qualities to a god.
2. Use of animal forms in symbolism, literature, or graphic representation.
1. Attribution of animal characteristics or qualities to a god.
2. Use of animal forms in symbolism, literature, or graphic representation.
There's more of animal than of person in those stanzas.
As for the g. version of the Mercutio/Romeo exchange, I picked Irony 'cause there wasn't something that related closely enough to 'snarkism'. Ya read the whole scene, keeping in mind that these are teenagers crashing a party looking for a good time...then one of em goes all moony. Merc is being a bit snarky to Romeo with the whole 'C'mon bud...get a grip, grab yer nads and DO SOMETHING!' speech.
Socratic-irony is closest but I didn't know how fine you wanted to split the hairs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irony
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