Is "O, that I were a glove upon that hand, / That I might thought that cheek" a metaphor in Act 2 Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet?

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Patricia Villarreal

29 July, 23:42

Is "O, that I were a glove upon that hand, / That I might thought that cheek" a metaphor in Act 2 Scene 2 of Romeo and Juliet?

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Brenda Gibson · Answer 1

Touch that cheek" is what Romeo said.

I don't think it is a metaphor. What is being compared? and to what? It is certainly figurative language. I don't know that I could classify it as anything that is common, but I read somewhere that there are over 50 different kinds of figures of speech.