This passage in the book Romeo and Juliet targets the heartbroken Romeo’s love for his perceived ex-lady Rosaline, a lady who “is rich in beauty, only poor Tha, when she dies, with beauty dies her store.”. Romeo has an immense amount of emotion for the fair Rosaline. At no time did Romeo receive a reply from Rosaline after admitting that he loves her. Because Romeo is so lovestruck, he begins to contradict his own terms using oxymorons, enabling the reader to understand how in love Romeo really is. The reader is allowed to infer Romeo’s love for Rosaline, but also his sorrow. Romeo is immensely in love with Rosaline and wishes that she loves him back, but this is never spoken in the book. Romeo’s uses oxymorons such as “O brawling love,
