Prince of Morocco

Mislike me not for my complexion,Alliteration and Hyperbaton
The shadowed livery of the burnished sun,Metaphor
To whom I am a neighbor and near bred.Alliteration
Bring me the fairest creature northward born,Hyperbaton
Where Phoebus’ fire scarce thaws the icicles,Metaphor
And let us make incision for your love
To prove whose blood is reddest,
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Therefore I pray you lead me to the caskets
To try my fortune. By this scimitar
That slew the Sophy and a Persian prince,
That won three fields of Sultan Solyman,Anaphora
I would Alliterationo’erstare the sternest eyes that look,
Outbrave the heart most daring on the Earth,
Pluck the young sucking cubs from the she-bear,
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Some god direct my judgment! Let me see.
I will survey th’ inscriptions back again.
What says this leaden casket?
“Who chooseth me must give and hazard all he hath.”Hypophora
Must give—for what? For lead? Hazard for lead?
This casket threatens. Men that hazard all
Do it in hope of fair advantages.

Why,
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