For stony limits cannot hold love out, And what love can do, that dares love attempt. Therefore thy kinsmen are no stop to me. ... Whatever a man in love can possibly do, his love will make him try to do it.

What does with love's light wings did I O Erperch These Walls For stony limits Cannot hold love out?

Theme Of Love In Romeo And Juliet

Later in the scene, Romeo says, 'With love light wings did I overperch these walls for stony limits cannot hold lover out, and what love can do, that love attempt. Therefore thy kinsmen are no stop to me.

What literary device is being used in the line for stony limits Cannot hold love out?

This line from Romeo and Juliet uses personification to drive home Romeo's point. In the line mentioned above (line 67 of Act 2, Scene 2), "love" takes on human qualities, as it climbs over stone walls -- the stone walls that surround the Capulet residence -- in order to get to Juliet.