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O, what a noble mind is here o’erthrown!

O, what a noble mind is here o’erthrown!Synecdoche
The courtier’s, soldier’s, scholar’s, eye, tongue, sword,Alliteration & Synecdoche
Th’ expectancy and rose of the fair state,Hendiadys
The glass of fashion and the mold of form,Metaphor & Isocolon
Th’ observed of all observers, quite, quite down!Polyptoton & Epizeuxis

O, woe is me
T’ have seen what I have seen, see what I see!

And I, of ladies most deject and wretched,
That sucked the honey of his musicked vows,Metaphors
Now see that noble and most sovereign reason,Hendiadys
Like sweet bells jangled, out of time and harsh;Simile
That unmatched form and stature of blown youthHendiadys
Blasted with ecstasy. O, woe is me
T’ have seen what I have seen, see what I see!Polyptoton & Diacope

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Act 3
Scene 1
Line 163

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