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Metaphor

But Cassius is no more

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But Cassius is no more. O setting sun,
As in thy red rays thou dost sink tonight,
So in his red blood Cassius’ day is set!Simile

The sun of Rome is set.Metaphor Our day is gone,
Clouds, dews, and dangers come; our deeds are done!Alliteration

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Act 5
Scene 3
Line 66

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A glooming peace this morning with it brings

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A glooming peace this morning with it brings,Metaphor & Hyperbaton
The sun, for sorrow, will not show his head.Personification and Alliteration
Go hence to have more talk of these sad things;
Some shall be pardon’d, and some punishèd:Alliteration & Ellipsis
For never was a story of more woeEllipsis
Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.
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What is that noise?

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Macbeth
What is that noise?
Seyton
It is the cry of women, my good lord.
  He exits.

Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow
Creeps in this petty pace from day to day
To the last syllable of recorded time

Macbeth
I have almost forgot the taste of fears.
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Act 5
Scene 5
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Well, My peace we will begin

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Cymbeline
Well,
My peace we will begin. And, Caius Lucius,
Although the victor, we submit to Caesar
And to the Roman Empire, promising
To pay our wonted tribute, from the which
We were dissuaded by our wicked queen,
Whom heavens in justice both on her and hers
Have laid most heavy hand.

The fingers of the powers above do tune
The harmony of this peace.
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Act 5
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