The sonnet that is at the beginning of Romeo and Juliet gives a summary of the storyline. In the poem, the most important point of the story is described. “A pair of star-cross’d lovers take their life,” explains the death of Romeo and Juliet. They love each other so much that they take their lives to be with each other. Aside from the climax being included in the poem, the other main parts of the story are briefly mentioned. The beginning of the poem recounts how the story leads up to the death while the end of the poem is about everything that occurs after it. Sonnet 130 is about the speaker’s lover. He is describing all of her physical attributes, but not in the most reverent way. For instance, he says, “And in some perfumes is there more
