One example of verbal irony would be Romeo's reference to the poison he has purchased as a "sweet medicine". A cordial is a sweet liquor or medicine.
Come, cordial and not poison, go with me
To Juliet's grave; for there must I use thee.
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One example of verbal irony would be Romeo's reference to the poison he has purchased as a "sweet medicine". A cordial is a sweet liquor or medicine.
Come, cordial and not poison, go with me
To Juliet's grave; for there must I use thee.
The whole speech is based on pagan Celtic mythology. Mercutio’s speech is laced with sexual innuendo. The words “queen” and “mab” refer to whores in Elizabethan England. As his speech goes on we notice the subtext get increasingly sexual...
Romeo feels something bad is going to happen.
I fear too early, for my mind misgives Some consequence yet hanging in the stars
Looks like foreshadowing to me!