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"But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks?

It is the east, and Juliet is the sun."

-from Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet"

What type of figurative language is found within this literary example?

Asimile

Bmetaphor

Cpersonification

Dirony

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Chronosynclastic

It doesn't matter what direction Romeo is facing.  The soft light that he sees through the window is as beautiful as a sunrise (you know, in the East, ever been up that early?)

Is Juliet the sun?  It's not a simile, Juliet is not similar to the sun, not like the sun.  Juliet IS the sun.
What a perfect example of a metaphor.

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